Heparin at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Heparin? A sulphur containing polysaccharide that stops blood from clotting by preventing the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin and by neutralizing thrombin. It is contained in the mast cells and is extractable from various tissues, notably the lung.

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