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What is the classification of iron dextran?
Iron dextran injection is in a class of medications called iron replacement products.
How do you administer IV iron dextran?
How to use Iron Dextran 50 Mg/Ml Injection Solution. This medication is usually injected deep into the muscle of the buttock or slowly into a vein as directed by your doctor. When injecting into the buttock, the next injection is given on the opposite side from the last injection.
Why is iron dextran important?
Iron dextran is an iron replacement product that is used to treat iron deficiency, such as anemia (not enough iron in the blood) or blood loss in patients with certain conditions (eg, hemophilia, gastrointestinal bleeding). Iron is a mineral that the body needs to produce red blood cells.
When do you use iron dextran?
Is dextran linear or branched?
Dextran is a branched glucan composed of chains with varying lengths approximately from 3 to 2000 kDa. The straight chain consists of α-1,6-glycosidic linkages between glucose molecules and branches begin from α-1,3 linkages. High-molecular weight dextran is used as a plasma volume expander in hypovolemia treatment.
Is dextran a structural polysaccharide?
Dextrans are polysaccharides with molecular weights ≥1,000 Dalton, which have a linear backbone of α-linked d-glucopyranosyl repeating units. Three classes of dextrans can be differentiated by their structural features.
What consists of dextran?
glucose polymers
Dextran is a synthetic colloid consisting of mixture of glucose polymers derived from the action of Leuconostoc mesenteroides on sucrose and is currently available in 10% dextran 40 (40 kDa) and 6% dextran 70 (70 kDa).
Is dextran structural carbohydrate?
The name dextran was created by Scheibler in 1874, who demonstrated dextran was a carbohydrate with the formula (C6H10O6)n and a positive optical rotation. Dextrans are polysaccharides with molecular weights ≥1,000 Dalton, which have a linear backbone of α-linked d-glucopyranosyl repeating units.
What are dextran molecules?
Dextran is a complex branched glucan (polysaccharide made of many glucose molecules). Dextran is synthetized from sucrose by certain lactic-acid bacteria, the best known are Leuconostoc bacteroides and Streptococcus mutans.
Is dextran branched or linear?
Dextran is a complex branched glucan (polysaccharide derived from the condensation of glucose).
How is dextran formed?