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Descriptions

Heparin is a highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan widely used as an injectable anticoagulant. It is also used to form an inner anticoagulant surface on various experimental and medical devices such as test tubes and renal dialysis machines. Pharmaceutical grade heparin is commonly derived from mucosal tissues of slaughtered meat animals such as porcine intestine or bovine lung. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Heparin (Wikipedia)

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. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Heparin is a highly acidic, anionic, sulfated mucopolysaccharide obtained from beef lung or beef and porcine intestinal mucosa and is highly antigenic. Heparin is widely used in surgery (cardiopulmonary bypass) and in medicine to treat deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Copyright Copyright © 2006 Phadia AB. Source: ImmunoCap, ImmunoCap

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Heparin
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Heparin

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 肝素
Synonyms: 肝制凝素;肝磷脂
fr-CA French (Canada) Héparine
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Hepariin
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Heparina
it-IT Italian (Italy) Eparina
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Heparin
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Гепарин
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) heparine
fr-BE French (Belgium) Héparine