Patent ID: 7585642

Claim:
A method for analyzing or processing a heparin sample comprising a mixture of structurally diverse polysaccharides, comprising the steps of: applying a separation method to the mixture; determining the amount of a signature component in the sample; and making a determination about the sample based upon a comparison of the amount of the signature component in the sample to a reference database for a heparin, to thereby analyze the sample, wherein the signature component is selected from the group consisting of: ΔUH NAc,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; ΔUH NS,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; ΔUH NAc,6S GH NS,3S ; ΔUH NS,6S GH NS,3S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S IH NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S GH NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GMan 3S,6S ; I 2S H NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; I 2S H NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GMan 3S,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; I 2S H NS,6S IH NAc,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S IH NS,6S ΔU 2S H NS,6S GH NS,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S I 2S Man 6S ; IH NAc,6S GMan 3S,6S ; H NAc,6S GMan 3S,6S ; H NS,6S GH NS,3S,6S I 2S H NS,6S,OMe ; H NS,6S GH NS,6S I 2S H NS6,SOMe ; ΔUH NS,6S I 2S H NS,6S,SOMe ; H NS,6S GH NS,6S ; H NS,6S GH NS,3S,6S ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S,OMe ; ΔU 2S H NS,6S, ; ΔU 2S H NS ; ΔUH NS,6S ; ΔU 2S H NAc,6S ; ΔUH NS ; ΔU 2S H NAc ; ΔUH NAc,6S and ΔUH NS,3S,6S .