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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Aldosamines, Aminoglycoside antibiotics, Anthracyclines, Glycosaminoglycans, Hexosamines, Heparin, Hyaluronan, Chondroitin sulfate, Doxorubicin, Sodium hyaluronate, Heparan sulfate, Gentamicin, Streptomycin, Bohemic acid, Netilmicin, Keratan sulfate, Daunorubicin, Neomycin, Kasugamycin, Paromomycin sulfate, Acarbose, Fructosamine, Myocet, Amikacin, Tobramycin, Kanamycin, Hygromycin B, Epirubicin, Amrubicin, G418, Sulodexide, Dermatan sulfate, Voglibose, Sialyl lewis x, Neuraminic acid, Valrubicin, Aclarubicin, Framycetin, Perosamine, Restylane, Annamycin, Muramic acid, Idarubicin, Arbekacin, Capreomycin, N-Acetylmuramic acid, Bacillosamine, Muramyl dipeptide, Apramycin, N-Acetyltalosaminuronic acid, Dibekacin, N-Acetylneuraminic acid, Astromicin, Desosamine, Pirarubicin, Zorubicin, Micronomicin, Sialyl lewis a, 1 -Methylseleno-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, Isepamicin, Elsamitrucin, Verdamicin, Ribostamycin, Bekanamycin, Dihydrostreptomycin, N-Glycolylneuraminic acid, PUGNAc, Phosphoribosylamine, Streptoduocin, Meglumine, Sisomicin, Daunosamine, Amino sugar, Chitobiose, Carubicin, Nogalamycin, Menogaril, Heparinoid, Ketosamine. Excerpt: Heparin (from Ancient Greek (hepar), liver), also known as unfractionated heparin, a highly-sulfated glycosaminoglycan, is widely used as an injectable anticoagulant, and has the highest negative charge density of any known biological molecule. It can also be used to form an inner anticoagulant surface on various experimental and medical devices such as test tubes and renal dialysis machines. Although used principally in medicine for anticoagulation, the true physiological role in the body remains unclear, because blood anti-coagulation is achieved mostly by heparan sulfate proteoglycans derived from endothelial cells. Heparin is usually stored within the secretory granules of mast c...
