What is the difference between chondroitin and glucosamine?

Chondroitin is a mucopolysaccharide extracted from animal cartilage. It has therapeutic effects mainly on cell tissues around joints. It can increase cell metabolism, promote inflammation and lactic acid and other metabolites produced by cells and surrounding tissues. After the stimulation of joints is reduced, pain and adverse symptoms of movement can be significantly relieved. It is mainly aimed at osteoarthritis, patellar softening disease, costal cartilage inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, etc. to produce a good therapeutic effect. Glucosamine mainly inhibits cartilage degeneration, can effectively prevent and treat articular cartilage show wear, degeneration and other lesions. Arthritis and rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis can also play a certain therapeutic effect, generally after the two combined application can produce better therapeutic effect.