Concept information
Preferred term

Created: 1990-04-26T00:00:00Z
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Definition
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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.
(en)Created: 2/5/25
Broader concept
- mucopolysaccharides (en)
Is used as
- anticoagulants (en)
In other languages
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Arabic
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Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z
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Chinese
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Czech
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Created: 1990-04-26T00:00:00Z
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French
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Created: 2018-02-23T10:10:08Z
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Georgian
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Created: 1996-12-24T00:00:00Z
Notation: 32480
German
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Hindi
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Created: 2006-12-06T00:00:00Z
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Hungarian
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Italian
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Created: 2005-08-09T00:00:00Z
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Japanese
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Korean
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Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z
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Lao
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Created: 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z
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Persian
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Created: 2006-12-19T00:00:00Z
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Polish
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Created: 1998-08-04T00:00:00Z
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Created: 2009-04-08T00:00:00Z
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Russian
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Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z
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Slovak
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Created: 1990-04-26T00:00:00Z
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Spanish
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Created: 2023-01-26T17:42:42Z
Swahili
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Created: 2005-08-19T00:00:00Z
Notation: 32480
Thai
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Created: 2011-11-20T21:02:57Z
Last modified: 2014-07-03T19:59:28Z
Notation: 32480
Turkish
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Created: 2022-04-11T09:16:24
Ukrainian