Anticoagulants

Hirudin is a naturally occurring peptide in the salivary glands of medicinal leeches (such as Hirudo medicinalis) that has a blood anticoagulant property.

Heparin is an injectable blood thinner (anticoagulant).

Warfarin, also known by the brand names Coumadin among others, is an anticoagulant normally used to prevent the formation of blood clots in the blood vessels and their migration elsewhere in the body.

Anagrelide (Agrylin/Xagrid, Shire and Thromboreductin, AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals AG) is a drug used for the treatment of essential thrombocytosis (ET; essential thrombocythemia), or overproduction of blood platelets.

Rivaroxaban (BAY 59-7939) is an oral anticoagulant invented and manufactured by Bayer; in a number of countries it is marketed as Xarelto.

Dicoumarol (INN) or dicumarol (USAN) is a naturally occurring anticoagulant that functions as a functional vitamin K depleter (similar to warfarin, a drug that dicoumarol inspired).

Brodifacoum is a highly lethal 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant poison.

Fondaparinux (trade name Arixtra) is an anticoagulant medication chemically related to low molecular weight heparins.

Bromadiolone is a potent anticoagulant rodenticide.

Pulvinone, an organic compound belonging to the esters, lactones, alcohols and butenolides classes, is a yellow crystalline solid.

Anisindione (brand name Miradon) is a synthetic anticoagulant and an indanedione derivative.

Atromentin is a natural chemical compound found in Agaricomycetes fungi in the orders Agaricales and Thelephorales.

Betrixaban (INN, codenamed PRT-054,021) is an anticoagulant drug which acts as a direct factor Xa inhibitor.

Apixaban, sold under the tradename Eliquis, is an anticoagulant for the treatment of venous thromboembolic events.

Otamixaban (INN) is an experimental injectable anticoagulant direct factor Xa inhibitor that was investigated for the treatment for acute coronary syndrome.

Nafamostat (INN), a synthetic serine protease inhibitor, is an anticoagulant.

Edoxaban (DU-176b, trade names Savaysa, Lixiana) is an oral anticoagulant drug which acts as a direct factor Xa inhibitor.

Defibrotide (Defitelio, Gentium) is a deoxyribonucleic acid derivative (single-stranded) derived from cow lung or porcine mucosa.

Coumachlor is a 1st genereation anticoagulant rodenticide which blocks formation of prothrombin and inhibits blood coagulation causing death by internal haemorrhage.

Darexaban (YM150) is a direct inhibitor of factor Xa created by Astellas Pharma.

Hypercoagulability in pregnancy is the propensity of pregnant women to develop thrombosis (blood clots).