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Heparin vs Heparinoid - What's the difference?

heparin | heparinoid |

As nouns the difference between heparin and heparinoid

is that heparin is a glycosaminoglycan, originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use, used as an anticoagulant while heparinoid is any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin.

heparin

English

(wikipedia heparin)

Noun

  • (medicine, carbohydrate) A glycosaminoglycan, originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use, used as an anticoagulant

    • Derived terms

    * heparinize * heparinized

    heparinoid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin.