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Report on epsilon aminocaproic acid (EACA) (6-aminohexanoic acid)

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Abstract

A non-physiological amino acid, related to lysine, which can be synthesized as a white crystalline material freely soluble in water and of molecular weight 131 (Okamoto and Hijikata, 1975).

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    M. Verstraete M. D. (Leuven), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F. A. C. P. (Hon.) (Professor of Medicine; Director, Laboratory of Blood Coagulation)

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Verstraete, M. (1977). Report on epsilon aminocaproic acid (EACA) (6-aminohexanoic acid). In: Haemostatic Drugs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1106-8_27

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