After more than 70 years of effective clinical use, heparin remains the most common anticoagulant in use and one of the most commonly prescribed drugs to hospitalized patients. However ...

Laminarin appeared to have a greater effect on atherosclerosis risk factors in its sulfated form, possibly to its increased resemblance to the endogenous heparan sulfates or heparin. Of the ...

Biofilms are clusters of microorganisms that stick to non-biological surfaces, such as rocks in a stream, as well as to surfaces on plants (roots) or in animals (epithelium). These clusters are ...

In the fasting state of normal individuals, the kidney produces 15-55g/d glucose through gluconeogenesis, accounting for about 20%-25% of all endogenous glucose. Renal gluconeogenesis is further ...

First, it is necessary to use conditions that maintain the free to protein-bound hormone equilibrium, and to minimize dilution effects that weaken the influence of any endogenous inhibitors ...