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Abstract
A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts.
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- Heparinic Acid
- Unfractionated Heparin
- Heparin, Unfractionated
- Heparin Sodium
- Liquaemin
- Sodium Heparin
- alpha-Heparin
- Heparin, Sodium
- alpha Heparin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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/therapeutic use was HEPARIN, THERAPEUTIC 1965
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heparin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006493. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006493
- Heparin. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heparin
- Heparin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190016