dextran


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dex·tran

 (dĕk′străn′, -strən)
n.
Any of a group of branched polysaccharides with various molecular weights that are used to prevent thrombosis, as plasma volume expanders, and as food additives.

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dextran

(ˈdɛkstrən)
n
(Biochemistry) biochem a polysaccharide produced by the action of bacteria on sucrose: used as a substitute for plasma in blood transfusions
[C19: from dextro- + -an]
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dex•tran

(ˈdɛk strən)

n.
a viscous polysaccharide produced by bacterial action on sucrose: used in confections and lacquers and as a blood-plasma extender.
[1875–80; dextr (ose) + -an2]
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But most polysaccharides of outstanding biology activity have common features: they have main chain structure of dextran. Therefore dextran is typical representative of most polysaccharides of outstanding biology activity.
Orally administered KVD900 achieved rapid and dose-dependent plasma exposure over the range of doses tested from 5 mg to 600 mg A single 600 mg dose provided greater than 90% plasma kallikrein inhibition and protection of high molecular weight kininogen cleavage from dextran sulphate-stimulated cleavage shown by capillary-based immunoassay.
Biocompatible polymers such as dextran are used to cover nanoparticles to increase the stability of nanoparticles.
Indian sugar is also of a high quality and is Dextran free because of the minimum time taken from cut to crush.
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Several authors disclosed ties to FAST Biomedical; one author disclosed ties to TdB Consultancy, which collaborates with FAST BioMedical on dextran development.
It is quite similar to the carboxymethyl dextran (CM-Dex) analogue that has been employed in developing certain sensor chips for the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing platform but differs in the absence of a carboxyl functional group.
In the article titled "Formononetin Administration Ameliorates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Acute Colitis by Inhibiting NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling Pathway" [1], the protein labels in Figures 6(h) and 6(i) were reversed and should be corrected as follows:
Herein, we report an injectable self-healable hydrogel derived from two natural polymers of glycol chitosan and dextran based on Schiff-base chemistry.
Dextran is a homopolysaccharide (HoPS) consisting of Dglucose units linked by [alpha] (1 [right arrow] 6) glycosidic bonds in more than 50% of the main chain and generally branched with [alpha] (1 [right arrow] 2), [alpha] (1 [right arrow] 3), or [alpha] (1 [right arrow] 4) glycosidic linkages [1, 2].