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Record 1 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Worms and Related Organisms
  • Biochemistry
CONT

As blood is then ingested, hirudine is secreted into the wound, and this anticoagulant prevents blood from clotting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
  • Biochimie
CONT

L'hirudine et ses dérivés, des anticoagulants puissants appelés inhibiteurs directs de la thrombine, sont un nouveau groupe d'agents actuellement à l'étude. L'hirudine est dérivée de la salive de la sangsue médicinale et produite par la technologie de la recombinaison génétique. (Source : Prix Galien Canada, 1994 page 30).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gusanos y organismos semejantes
  • Bioquímica
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