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Used in special laboratory methods for
evaluation of renal function
A water-soluble polysaccharide of glucose produced by the action of transglucosylase enzyme system present in Leuconostoc mesenteroides
DEXTRAN
DEXTRAN
• A water-soluble polysaccharide of glucose produced by the action of transglucosylase enzyme system present in
Leuconostoc mesenteroides
Is synthesized from sucrose by certain lactic acid bacteria (the best known is
Leuconostoc mesenteroides and streptococcus mutans)
Uses
1. Used as_____ in cases of shock or pending shock caused by hemorrhage, trauma or severe burns
plasma expander
Employed to reduce blood (blank) and to improve microcirculation at low flow states
viscosity
Dextran is medicinally used as
antithrombotic/antiplatelet
Dextran is medicinally used as antithrombotic/antiplatelet; it decreases the vascular _____ because of its capacity to bind erythrocytes, platelets, and vascular endothelium.
thrombosis
Increasing their _____ and thus, reducing erythrocyte aggregation and platelet adhesiveness
electronegativity
A rigid, colorless, unbranched, insoluble, long-chain polysaccharide, consisting of 3000 to 5000 glucose residues and forming the structure of most plant and of plant cells.
CELLULOSE
consisting of a linear chain of several hundreds to thousands of β-link D-glucose units
CELLULOSE
Is the hair of the seed cultivated varieties of Gossypiium hirsutum Linne (Fam. Malvaceae)
PURIFIED COTTON
is the most abundant ORGANIC COMPOUND on earth
CELLULOSE
Also known as absorbent cotton
PURIFIED COTTON
White, soft, fine-filament-like hairs that appear under the microscope as hollow, flattened, and twisted bands that are striate and slightly thickened at the edges.
PURIFIED COTTON
a major component of the cell walls that surrounds plant cells and what makes plant stems, leaves, and branches strong
CELLULOSE
A β-linked linear glucopyranosyl polymer which is not hydrolyzed by mammalian enzyme system.
PURIFIED COTTON
Human lacks _____, that help the microorganism digest cellulose but animals (such as cows, horses, sheep, goat, and termites) have symbiotic bacteria in the intestinal tract that possess the necessary enzymes to digest cellulose.
cellulase
purified cotton uses:
1. _____ – mechanical protection to absorb blood, mucus or pus and to help bacteria from infecting wounds
Surgical dressing
Commercially, for _____ and is a source of pure cellulose in the manufacture of explosives, cellulose acetate and other materials
textiles
