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ɛ-AMINOCAPROIC acid has recently attracted a great deal of interest, mainly for its marked antifibrinolytic activity: it seems that it acts as an inhibitor of the transformation of profibrinolysin into fibrinolysin, or as an antagonist of the latter1–3.
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BERTELLI, A., FRONTINO, G. Protection of the Skin Homografts by ɛ-Acetamide Caproic Acid. Nature 197, 510–511 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197510a0
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