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Anti-Coagulants. Physical Process of Clotting Chemical Process of Clotting Fibrin formation, extrinsic and intrinsic pathways Anti-coagulants Definition Heparin, Low molecular weight heparins, pentasaccharide Structure, properties, biochemical mechanism Coumarins and 1,3-indanediones
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Anti-Coagulants • Physical Process of Clotting • Chemical Process of Clotting Fibrin formation, extrinsic and intrinsic pathways • Anti-coagulants Definition • Heparin, Low molecular weight heparins, pentasaccharide Structure, properties, biochemical mechanism • Coumarins and 1,3-indanediones Structure, properties, biochemical mechanism MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
A) Physical Process B) Chemical Process Wound Wound aspirin antithrombins platelet activation factor Xa fibrinogen release thrombin release of of ADP generation thromboxane A2 thrombin prothrombin fibrin (monomers) vitamin K-dependent g-carboxylation of Glu residues Further activation of platelets ADP receptor antagonists GP IIb-IIIa receptor antagonists fibrin (polymer) Platelet aggregation coumarins CLOT The Clotting Process Taken from Desai UR (2004) Med. Res. Rev. 24, 151-181. MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
Physical Process of Clotting MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
Chemical Process of Clotting MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
Heparin and Low molecular weight heparins Structure and sequence MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
Pentasaccharide MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
AT + H AT:H AT-E + H E Biochemical Mechanism of Heparin Action MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
Direct Thrombin Inhibitors HIRUDIN – Isolated from leech, hirudino medicinalis. A polypeptide consisting of 65 amino acid residues that binds thrombin in the active site as well as another site called exosite I MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
Coumarins and 1,3-indanediones MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
Clinically useful coumarins and 1,3-indanediones MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants
Biochemical Mechanism of Action MEDC 604 Anti-coagulants