Heparin/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Heparin.

Used in vitro and in vivo as an anticoagulant, a highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges

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