{"product_id":"水蛭-蚂蟥水蛭干-shui-zhi-natural-dried-hirudin-leech-dried-leeches-hirudo","title":"水蛭 蚂蟥水蛭干 Shui Zhi  \/ Natural Dried Hirudin \/ Leech Dried Leeches Hirudo","description":"\u003cb\u003e水蛭\u003c\/b\u003e，俗名螞蟥，在內陸淡水水域內生長繁殖，是我國傳統的特種藥用水生動物，其干製品炮製後中醫入藥，具有治療中風、高血壓、清瘀、閉經、跌打損傷等\u003cb\u003e功效\u003c\/b\u003e。 近年新發現\u003cb\u003e水蛭\u003c\/b\u003e製劑在防治心腦血管疾病和抗癌方面具有特效。\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-spm-anchor-id=\"a2g0o.detail.1000023.i0.73d0200cSssyJu\"\u003eHirudin is a compound made by medicinal leeches that interferes with the body's ability to form blood clots. Leeches have been used in medicine for centuries. Currently, they are used for various conditions that benefit from the removal of blood clots. Such anticoagulation involves the inhibition of the protein thrombin, which catalyzes blood clot formation. The use of live leeches risks the introduction of bacteria into the wound, and hirudin is generally used by itself to prevent blood from clotting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eMedicinal leeches, Hirudo medicinalis, produce a number of compounds in their salivary glands that help with the process of bloodletting from their hosts, known as hirudotherapy. They produce anesthetics, so the host will be less likely to notice as the leech attaches to them. Also in the mixture are compounds that keep the blood from clotting, so it will flow more freely into the leech. The blood continues to remain unclotted, even after the leech has detached. There are some disadvantages to using live leeches for anticoagulation, since they can introduce bacteria into the wound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe compound in the saliva that is the most specific for anticoagulation is the peptide hirudin. This is a chain of 65 amino acids, first discovered in 1884. It was not until 1976 that the structure was determined. Leeches only have a small amount of this compound in their saliva, and there are several different forms of hirudin mixed together. Most of the pure compound used medically is derived from genetically engineered peptide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBlood clotting involves the conversion of soluble protein called fibrinogen to the insoluble mesh fibrin. This reaction is catalyzed by an enzyme called thrombin, which is a protease and can cleave other proteins. When thrombin is inactivated, fibrin does not form and the blood no longer clots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThere are different types of thrombin. Hirudin inactivates only the type of thrombin that is the most specific for fibrinogen, and therefore it is the most potent compound that inhibits thrombin. It is even more specific than the body's own thrombin inhibitor, antithrombin III.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eConditions that benefit from anticoagulation treatment include varicose veins and genetic disorders in which the blood coagulates too much. Hirudin can act on thrombin that has formed a mesh and become a clot. The condition of having such clots inside blood vessels is known as thrombosis. This peptide can even act on complexed thrombin, and this ability gives it an advantage over the drug heparin, also used as an anticoagulant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yi An Hang","offers":[{"title":"2 oz","offer_id":67920211935306,"sku":"CHN SZ-2oz","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 oz","offer_id":67920211968074,"sku":"CHN SZ-4oz","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3118\/2154\/files\/d4a47ea1-CHN-SZ-1-scaled.jpg?v=1794010367","url":"https:\/\/shop.yianhang.com\/products\/%e6%b0%b4%e8%9b%ad-%e8%9a%82%e8%9f%a5%e6%b0%b4%e8%9b%ad%e5%b9%b2-shui-zhi-natural-dried-hirudin-leech-dried-leeches-hirudo","provider":"Yi An Hang","version":"1.0","type":"link"}