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SUBMITTER: Dhahri M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7315596 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dhahri Manel M Sioud Salim S Dridi Rihab R Hassine Mohsen M Boughattas Naceur A NA Almulhim Fatimah F Al Talla Zeyad Z Jaremko Mariusz M Emwas Abdul-Hamid M AM
ACS omega 20200610 24
Bioactive compounds for drug discovery are increasingly extracted and purified from natural sources including marine organisms. Heparin is a therapeutic agent that has been used for several decades as an anticoagulant. However, heparin is known to cause many undesirable complications such as thrombocytopenia and risk of hemorrhage. Hence, there is a need to find alternatives to current widely used anticoagulant drugs. Here, we extract a sulfated polysaccharide from sea hare, that is, <i>Bursatel ...[more]