heparin

medication which is used as an anticoagulant (blood thinner)
Drug essential_medicine Q190016
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heparin

Summary

heparin is an essential medicine[1]. heparin ranks in the top 8% of essential_medicine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,987 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • heparin's instance of is recorded as essential medicine[3].
  • heparin's instance of is recorded as group or class of chemical substances[4].
  • heparin's instance of is recorded as medication[5].
  • heparin's chemical formula is recorded as C₂₆H₄₁NO₃₄S₄[6].
  • heparin is a type of anticoagulant[7].
  • heparin is a type of heparins[8].
  • heparin is part of response to heparin[9].
  • heparin is part of cellular response to heparin[10].
  • heparin's Commons category is recorded as Heparins[11].
  • heparin comprises oxygen[12].
  • heparin comprises carbon[13].
  • heparin comprises nitrogen[14].
  • heparin comprises sulfur[15].
  • heparin comprises hydrogen[16].
  • heparin's route of administration is recorded as subcutaneous injection[17].
  • heparin's route of administration is recorded as intravenous injection[18].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as enoxaparin[19].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as dalteparin[20].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as rac-warfarin[21].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as urokinase[22].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as alteplase[23].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as tenecteplase[24].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as Streptokinase[25].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as rivaroxaban[26].
  • heparin's significant drug interaction is recorded as apixaban[27].

Why It Matters

heparin ranks in the top 8% of essential_medicine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,987 views/month).[2] heparin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] heparin is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of essential medicine, group or class of chemical substances, medication
    Part of response to heparin, cellular response to heparin
    Significant drug interaction enoxaparin, dalteparin, rac-warfarin +51
    Subclass of anticoagulant, heparins
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555639605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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