CHEBI:28304 - heparin

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ChEBI Name heparin ChEBI ID CHEBI:28304 Definition A highly sulfated linear glycosaminoglycan comprising complex patterns of uronic acid-(1→4)-D-glucosamine repeating subunits. Used as an injectable anticoagulant, it has the highest negative charge density of any known biological molecule. Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:5664, CHEBI:24501 Wikipedia License Read full article at Wikipedia Formula (C26H40N2O36S5)n Roles Classification Application(s): anticoagulant An agent that prevents blood clotting. View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing heparin (CHEBI:28304) has role anticoagulant (CHEBI:50249) heparin (CHEBI:28304) is a heparins (CHEBI:24505) Incoming heparin proteoglycan (CHEBI:233528) has part heparin (CHEBI:28304) heparin sodium (CHEBI:230519) has part heparin (CHEBI:28304) INNs Sources heparina ChemIDplus heparine ChemIDplus heparinum ChemIDplus Synonyms Sources Bemiparin ChemIDplus Bemiparin KEGG COMPOUND Certoparin ChemIDplus Cy 222 ChemIDplus Enoxaparin KEGG COMPOUND Fluxum ChemIDplus Heparin KEGG COMPOUND heparin UniProt Heparinic acid ChemIDplus Parnaparin ChemIDplus Reviparin ChemIDplus Sandoparin ChemIDplus Manual Xrefs Databases C00374 KEGG COMPOUND D07510 KEGG DRUG DB01109 DrugBank Heparin Wikipedia View more database links Registry Numbers Types Sources 9005-49-6 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND 9005-49-6 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus Citations Last Modified 19 February 2025