Surprising absence of heparin in the intestinal mucosa of baby pigs
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DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww104
Abstract: Heparin, a member of a family of molecules called glycosaminoglycans, is biosynthesized in mucosal mast cells. This important anticoagulant polysaccharide is primarily produced by extraction of the mast cell-rich intestinal mucosa of hogs. There is… read more here.
Keywords: intestinal mucosa; mast cells; mast; baby pigs ... See more keywords