DeCS

Descriptor English:

Dextrans

Descriptor Spanish:

Dextranos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	dextranos
Entry term(s)	dextrano
Scope note:	Grupo de polímeros de glucosa producido por ciertas bacterias. Los dextranos se emplean terapéuticamente como expansores del volumen de plasma y como anticoagulantes. También suelen usarse con diversos fines en la experimentación biológica y en la industria.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Dextranos

Descriptor French:

Dextrane

Tree number(s):

D05.750.078.562.272
D09.698.365.272

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003911

Scope note:

A group of glucose polymers made by certain bacteria. Dextrans are used therapeutically as plasma volume expanders and anticoagulants. They are also commonly used in biological experimentation and in industry for a wide variety of purposes.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AD administration et posologie
AE effets indésirables
AG agonistes
AI antagonistes et inhibiteurs
AN analyse
BI biosynthèse
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CS synthèse chimique
EC économie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PD pharmacologie
PK pharmacocinétique
PO intoxication
RE effets des radiations
SD ressources et distribution
ST normes
TO toxicité
TU usage thérapeutique
UL ultrastructure
UR urine

Pharm Action:

Anticoagulants
Plasma Substitutes

DeCS ID:

29374

Unique ID:

D003911

NLM Classification:

WH 450

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Date Established:

1979/01/01