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Hirudo medicinalis

Known as: Hirudo medicinali, medicinal leech, leech medicinal 
A species of European freshwater LEECHES used for BLOODLETTING in ancient times and also for LEECHING in modern times.
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AnnelidaHirudinidaLeeches
HirudinHirudoHirudo medicinalis preparationLeech Therapy

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2007
2007
Identification of Aeromonas veronii Genes Required for Colonization of the Medicinal Leech, Hirudo verbana
ABSTRACT Most digestive tracts contain a complex consortium of beneficial microorganisms, making it challenging to tease apart… 
1995
1995
Mechanical Leech Therapy to Relieve Venous Congestion
When faced with venous insufficiency following replantation or free-tissue transfer, the surgeons' first choice is surgical… 
1995
1995
Solubilization, molecular forms, purification and substrate specificity of two acetylcholinesterases in the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis).
Two acetylcholinesterases (AChE) differing in substrate and inhibitor specificities have been characterized in the medical leech… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
An objective perspective on recombinant hirudin: a new anticoagulant and antithrombotic agent.
Leeches have been in medical use for many years. Hirudin, the anticoagulant obtained from the medicinal leech has been purified… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The high-resolution X-ray crystal structure of the complex formed between subtilisin Carlsberg and eglin c, an elastase inhibitor from the leech Hirudo medicinalis. Structural analysis, subtilisin…
Triclinic crystals of the complex formed by eglin with subtilisin Carlsberg were analyzed by X-ray diffraction. The crystal and… 
1987
1987
Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Hirudin: Resonance Assignment and Secondary Structure?
The /sup 1/H NMR spectrum of the 65-residue protein hirudin is assigned in a sequential manner by using a combination of two… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Chemical synthesis and expression of a gene coding for hirudin, the thrombin-specific inhibitor from the leech Hirudo medicinalis.
A DNA containing the coding sequence for the proteinase inhibitor protein hirudin from the leech Hirudo medicinalis has been… 
1984
1984
Kinetics of the inhibition of human leucocyte elastase by eglin from the leech Hirudo medicinalis.
The rate constants for the inhibition of human leucocyte elastase by eglin from the leech Hirudo medicinalis were determined by… 
1965
1965
TRANSMISSION OF THE HEMOFLAGELLATE, CRYPTOBIA SALMOSITICA KATZ, 1951, BY A RHYNCHOBDELLID VECTOR.
The transmission of Cryptobia salmositica Katz, 1951, a hemoflagellate of freshwater teleosts, was investigated in experiments… 
1961
1961
Effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine on the dorsal muscle of the leech (Hirudo medicinalis).
5-Hydroxytryptamine has an inhibiting effect on the leech muscle. It reduces the contractions produced by acetylcholine or… 
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