GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS DERIVED FROM K5 POLYSACCHARIDE HAVING HIGH ANTITHROMBIN ACTIVITY AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION

摘要

Glicosaminoglycans derived from K5 polysaccharide having high antithrombin activity and useful for the control of coagulation and as antithrombotic agents are obtained starting from an optionally purified K5 polysaccharide by a process comprising the steps of N-deacetylation/N-sulphation, C5 epimerisation of at least 40% of the glucuronic acid moiety, O-oversulphation, selective O-desuphation, 6-O-sulphation, N-sulphation, and optional depolymeration, and in which the selective O-desulphation step is carried out by treatment of the oversulphated product with a mixture dimethyl sulfoxide/methanol at a temperature of 50-70oC for 135-165 minutes. New, particularly interesting antithrombin compounds are obtained by thus controlling the reaction time in the selective O-desulphation step and submitting the product obtained at the end of the final N-sulphation step to depolymeration.