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Aminocaproic Acid

An analogue of the amino acid lysine that slows the breakdown of blood clots by blocking plasmin: studied in Japan in the 1950s by the husband-and-wife team Shosuke and Utako Okamoto, it is used against bleeding caused by excessive fibrinolysis. This family brings together the active ingredient, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?It is not only a medicine: the same molecule, 6-aminohexanoic acid, forms when the caprolactam ring is opened and is an intermediate in the production of nylon-6.

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EDQM standards 1

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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