EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Heparin, a natural anticoagulant, is formed in the body. The source of commercial heparin is the mucous membranes of pig intestine and ox lungs [1–5]. Heparin is a mixture of natural sulfated mucopolysaccharides, which are generally found in granules of mast cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most important natural anticoagulants are protein C, protein S, and antithrombin (which used to be called antithrombin III until its name was changed to antithrombin). Figure. The normal balance between clotting and bleeding is disrupted when there is a deficiency of one of the natural anticoagulants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Heparin occurs naturally in the body and is produced by basophils and mast cells. Heparin does not break down clots directly, but enhances the body’s natural clot lysis mechanisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heparin is a naturally occurring anticoagulant that prevents the formation and extension of blood clots. Heparin does not break down clots that have already formed (unlike tissue plasminogen activator) but allows fibrinolysis to work normally to break down clots.