Interactions with Vanadium

Experimentally, vanadium (1 and 2 mM concentrations) enhanced the effects of heparin (2.5 mU/mL) in prolonging plasma clotting times (Funakoshi et al. 1992). The mechanism behind this interaction is thought to be inhibition of coagulation factors such as thrombin and factor Xa.

References

Funakoshi T, Shimada H, Kojima S, et al. Anticoagulant action of vanadate. Chem Pharm Bull. 1992;40(1):174-176.

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