Dextrans
"Dextrans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of glucose polymers made by certain bacteria. Dextrans are used therapeutically as plasma volume expanders and anticoagulants. They are also commonly used in biological experimentation and in industry for a wide variety of purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D003911
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.562.272 D09.698.365.272
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dextrans" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Cladis DP, Li S, Reddivari L, Cox A, Ferruzzi MG, Weaver CM. A 90 day oral toxicity study of blueberry polyphenols in ovariectomized sprague-dawley rats. Food Chem Toxicol. 2020 May; 139:111254.
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Moore CL, Taylor EM, Ball KK, Bernock LJ, Griffin RJ, Jung S, Shoeib A, Borrelli MJ. Quantitative microinjection using fluorescence calibration of streaming microdroplets on a superhydrophobic surface. Exp Cell Res. 2018 09 15; 370(2):426-433.