PPACK Dihydrochloride is the dihydrochloride form of its active component PPACK (D-Phenylalanyl-L-prolyl-L-arginine chloromethyl ketone), a potent, selective, and irreversible inhibitor of thrombin that inhibits human α-thrombin with inhibition constant (
PPACK is a synthetic peptide derivative. It also irreversibly and specifically inhibits thrombin-mediated platelet activation by binding with high affinity to the active site of thrombin (Ki = 0.24 nM).