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Hementin

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Hementin is an anticoagulant protease from the salivary glands of the giant Amazon leech (Haementeria ghilianii). Hementin dissolves a type of platelet rich blood clot which cannot be dissolved by other well used drugs like streptokinase and urokinase.

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