title: Isolation of human platelets (thrombocytes).
abstract: Platelets from human blood can be isolated in high yield by centrifugation of whole blood over an iodixanol density barrier of 1.063 g/ml. The separation from all of the blood cells (which form a pellet) is based on the slower sedimentation velocity of the smaller platelets.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University. john@jgrescon.fsbusiness.co.uk
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C044834:iodixanol