| abstract |
A novel complex of (a) a metal ion selected from copper, calcium, manganese, iron, and zinc ions, and (b) a fraction of heparin, heparan sulfate, low molecular weight heparin, low molecular weight heparan sulfate, heparin fragments, heparan sulfate fragments, and oligosaccharides derived from heparin or from heparan sulfate, or a salt of such fractions which fractions bind to the said metal ion, said complex containing from 5 to 1,000 nmole metal of component (a) per mumole of component (b). |