Term Name: | fondaparinux |
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Synonyms: | fondaparin, methyl 2-deoxy-6-O-sulfo-2-(sulfoamino)-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucopyranuronosyl-(1->4)-2-deoxy-3,6-di-O-sulfo-2-(sulfoamino)-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-2-O-sulfo-alpha-L-idopyranuronosyl-(1->4)-2-deoxy-6-O-sulfo-2-(sulfoamino)-alpha-D-g, Natural heparin pentasaccharide |
Definition: | A synthetic pentasaccharide which, apart from the O-methyl group at the reducing end of the molecule, consists of monomeric sugar units which are identical to a sequence of five monomeric sugar units that can be isolated after either chemical or enzymatic cleavage of the polymeric glycosaminoglycans heparin and heparan sulfate. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:61033] ( EBI ) |