title: Gel chromatography of heparin.
abstract: It is assumed that heparin is a heterogeneous substance. In order to further investigate the purification of heparin, a column chromatographic technique for the fractionation of heparin is described using various diameters of bead form cross-linked dextran gels and an automated apparatus. It was observed that Sephadex G-50 resulted in the separation of three well formed peaks and provided superior resolution compared to all other gels. One of the peaks, representing 51% of the original material, possessed strong anticoagulant activity as measured by the recalcification time, partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time and the anti-Xa test. This peak also possessed strong metachromasia after electrophoresis as well as having a very potent anticoagulant effect in vivo. This technique may have a significant role in the purification of this agent from tissue sources.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D002850:Chromatography, Gel / Q000379:methods; D006493:Heparin / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin