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히루도 메디키날리스

Also known as Medicinal leeches, H. medicinalis, Medicinal leech

거머리과 거머리속의 환형동물

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Hirudo medicinalis is a species of leech that has been used in medical treatment for centuries and continues to be employed in modern medicine today. These leeches matter because they can improve blood circulation and tissue healing, making them particularly useful in reconstructive and plastic surgery to help restore damaged or reattached body parts.

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Species

Near Threatened

European blood-sucking leech

Hirudo medicinalis

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAnnelida
ClassClitellata
OrderArhynchobdellida
FamilyHirudinidae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations334

Observations recorded3,131

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Research

1,031 papers

Hirudo medicinalis: avascular tissues for clear-cut angiogenesis studies?

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Categories

Animals described in 1758 Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Arhynchobdellida Biologically based therapies Fauna listed on CITES Appendix II Habitats Directive species IUCN Red List near threatened species Plastic surgery Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs Traditional medicine

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Review

Current pharmaceutical design · 2004

de Eguileor M, Tettamanti G, Grimaldi A et al.

DOI: 10.2174/1381612043384358

Hirudo medicinalis: the medicinal leech.ReviewThe Journal of audiovisual media in medicine · 2001Andrews SDOI: 10.1080/01405110120071566

Lepirudin.Review2006

Desirudin.Review2006

[Hirudo medicinalis-leech applications in plastic and reconstructive microsurgery--a literature review].ReviewHandchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse : Organ der V... · 2007Knobloch K, Gohritz A, Busch K et al.DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965138

[Leech hirudo medicinalis: a therapeutic alternative available in Mexico].ReviewRevista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2009Cornejo-Esquerra A, Talleri-de-Andrea G, de Jesús Blanco-Favela J et al.

The Hirudo Medicinalis Microbiome Is a Source of New Antimicrobial Peptides.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Grafskaia E, Pavlova E, Babenko VV et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197141

Proteinase inhibitors from the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis.ReviewBiochemistry. Biokhimiia · 2001Baskova IP, Zavalova LLDOI: 10.1023/a:1010223325313

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Commons category: Hirudo medicinalis
taxon name: Hirudo medicinalis
taxon common name: sanixuela
short name: H. medicinalis

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CITES

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