Description
TicagrelorisaclinicallyapprovedreversIBLeplateletaggregationinhibitorthatexhibitsanticoagulantandantithromboticactivities.Ticagrelorisprimarilyusedtoincreasecoronarybloodflowvelocityandtopreventstroke,heartattack,andmyocardialinfarction.Thiscompoundhasarapidonsetandoffsetofactionandhasbeenshowntoactasanucleosideanalogwithanoverallsimilaritytoadenosine;itisanallostericantagoNISTfortheP2Y12ADPreceptor,inhibitingdownstreamfibrinogencross-linkingbetweenplatelets.