Heparin

Heparin
Heparin, Polysaccharid, das die Blutgerinnung durch Hemmung der Umwandlung von Prothrombin in Thrombin und durch Hemmung der Thrombinwirkung verhindert. H. ist aus Glucosamin-N-Schwefelsäure und Schwefelsäureestern der Glucuronsäure und Iduronsäure aufgebaut, wird durch Mastzellen und Basophile synthetisiert und ist besonders reichlich in Lunge, Leber und Arterienwänden vorhanden.

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