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Jan-Ytzen van der Meer1, Edwin Kellenbach2, Leendert J van den Bos3
1Development and Technical Support Aspen Oss, Kloosterstraat 6, P.O. Box 98, 5340 AB Oss, The Netherlands. jvandermeer@nl.aspenpharma.com.
Abstract:
The purification of heparin from offal is an old industrial process for which commercial recipes date back to 1922. Although chemical, chemoenzymatic, and biotechnological alternatives for this production method have been published in the academic literature, animal-tissue is still the sole source for commercial heparin production in industry. Heparin purification methods are closely guarded industrial secrets which are not available to the general (scientific) public. However by reviewing the academic and patent literature, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the general methods used in industry for the extraction of heparin from animal tissue.
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