The molecule is a copolymer macromolecule composed of homopolymeric blocks of 1->4-linked homopolymeric blocks of 1->4-linked sodium beta-D-mannuronate and sodium alpha-L-guluronate residues, covalently linked together in different sequences or blocks. The sodium salt of alginic acid. It has a role as a hematologic agent. It is an organic sodium salt and a copolymer macromolecule. It contains an alginate.
sodium;(3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyoxane-2-carboxylate