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Thrombin's Double Life: Procoagulant vs. Anticoagulant Thrombin, which induces thrombus formation by forming a fibr…

Secondary Hemostasis: The Coagulation Cascade  In the primary hemostasis process, a platelet plug is formed by the rapi…

If blood does not clot in a timely manner, we can lose our lives due to excessive bleeding. When blood volume drops bec…

Cartilage Body Fluids and the Extracellular Matrix In healthy adults, more than 50% of body weight is said to consist o…

4. Heparin and Heparan Sulfate Previously, we examined the structural linkages involved in the formation of hyaluronic …

III. Amino Sugar + Sugar Acid = Glycosaminoglycan In the previous article, we explored the representative modified suga…

Beyond monosaccharides and disaccharides, which are composed only of three elements—carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxyge…

In the previous article, we looked at the simplest forms of monosaccharides that cannot be further hydrolyzed and their…

In this article, we will examine how disaccharides are formed through glycosidic bonds between two monosaccharide units…

Hemi-acetal formation in aldose The chemical reaction that occurs during the ring formation of monosaccharides leads to…

Internal reactions that occur spontaneously As a preliminary preparation to understand how an open chain structure is c…

Cyclization process of monosaccharides In the previous article, we explored monosaccharides through their open chain st…

Why are carbohydrates becoming increasingly important? Carbohydrates were traditionally regarded mainly as energy sourc…