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Table 2 The exploration of five class of active substances in W. pigra, H. medicinalis and H. robusta

From: The genome of medicinal leech (Whitmania pigra) and comparative genomic study for exploration of bioactive ingredients

Modes of action

Bioactive molecules

Gene copy

(H. robusta)

Gene copy

(W. pigra)

Gene copy

(H. medicinalis)

Analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect

Antistasin

6

9

5

Hirustasin

0

18

7

Ghilanten

9

10

7

Extracellular matrix degradation

Hyaluronidase

1

4

5

Inhibition of platelet function

Saratin

1

4

1

Anticoagulant effect

hirudin

0

2

3

Factor Xa inhibitor

2

1

1

Therostasin

5

4

2

Destabilase I a

0

5

2

Antimicrobial effect

Destabilase I a

0

5

2

Total

 

24

57

33

  1. a Destabilase I, involved in anticoagulant effect and antimicrobial effect