Body substances involved in blood coagulation.

8 vials. 

CG 01    Antithrombin III   
An anti-coagulant. Blocks action of clotting agents (factors XII, XI, IX, X and II).

CG 02    Fibrin   
Insoluble; essential to blood clotting; formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin.

CG 03    Fibrinogen   
A clotting factor in blood plasma that is converted to fibrin; produced by liver and plasma cells; approximately 7% of blood plasma proteins.

CG 04    Plasmin   
Enzyme present in blood that degrades many blood plasma proteins, most notably, fibrin clots. It activates collagenases, some mediators of the complement system and weakens the wall of the Graafian follicle (leading to ovulation).

CG 05    Plasminogen   
The inactive enzyme precursor of plasmin.

CG 06    Prothrombin/Coagulation Factor II   
Inactive protein synthesized by the liver, released into the blood, and converted to active thrombin in the process of blood clotting.

CG 07    Thrombin   
The active enzyme produced from prothrombin; acts to covert fibrinogen to fibrin.

CG 08    Tissue PlasminogenActivator / tPA / PLAT   
A protein involved in the breakdown of blood clots. As an enzyme, it catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin. Because it works on the clotting system, tPA is used in clinical medicine to treat only embolic or thrombotic stroke. Use is contraindicated in hemorrhagic stroke and head trauma.

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