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heparin

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

heparin is an essential medicine[1]. heparin ranks in the top 8% of essential medicine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,031 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: group or class of chemical substances[3], medication[4]
  • Chemical formula: C₂₆H₄₁NO₃₄S₄[5]
  • Subclass of: anticoagulant[6], heparins[7]
  • Part of: response to heparin[8], cellular response to heparin[9]
  • Commons category: Heparins[10]
  • Has part(s): oxygen[11], carbon[12], nitrogen[13], sulfur[14], hydrogen[15]
  • Route of administration: subcutaneous injection[16], intravenous injection[17]
  • Significant drug interaction: enoxaparin[18], dalteparin[19], rac-warfarin[20], urokinase[21], alteplase[22], tenecteplase[23], Streptokinase[24], rivaroxaban[25], apixaban[26], aspirin[27], nabumetone[28], naproxen[29], celecoxib[30], Diclofenac[31]

Why It Matters

heparin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] heparin is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. 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.
  26. [28] ↑ . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . A reference set of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 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. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  2. 18w ago · Back ache · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Medical condition treated → pulmonary embolism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Medical condition treated: antiphospholipid syndrome, Copying from warfarin"
  3. 20w 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 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555639605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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