31. Additional anticoagulant renders the bait more toxic to pets as well as human. 32. The anticoagulant may be useful as a treatment for strokes and heart attacks. 33. The most common inhibitor is a nonspecific inhibitor such as a lupus anticoagulant . 34. Coumarin, however, does not have anticoagulant properties. 35. The use of anticoagulants has become the standard treatment in treating this abnormality. 36. The active anticoagulant component of leech saliva is a small protein, hirudin. 37. Anticoagulants break down very slowly in water and soil.38. To compensate for the increased risk of stroke, anticoagulants may be required. 39. Similarly, anticoagulants _ blood thinners _ are protecting stroke victims from debilitating recurrences. 40. To prevent such clots, the man is receiving heparin and other anticoagulant drugs.