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dextran

class of dextro-glucose polymer compounds
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dextran

Summary

dextran is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. dextran draws 297 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #152 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • dextran's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • dextran is a type of alpha-D-glucan[4].
  • dextran's Commons category is recorded as Dextrans[5].
  • dextran comprises carbon[6].
  • dextran comprises oxygen[7].
  • dextran comprises hydrogen[8].
  • dextran's subject has role is recorded as anticoagulant[9].
  • dextran's subject has role is recorded as plasma substitute[10].

Why It Matters

dextran draws 297 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #152 of 1,029).[2] dextran has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] dextran is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subject has role → anticoagulant, plasma substitute
    Subclass of → alpha-D-glucan
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26893, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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