Which one of the following anticoagulants is added in blood during storage?

Sodium carbonate

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Sodium oxalate

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Sodium chloride

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Sodium hydroxide

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Solution

The correct option is A Sodium oxalate
Sodium oxalate is the sodium salt of oxalic acid. Sodium oxalate is used to remove calcium ions from blood plasma and prevents blood from clotting because calcium is used as a cofactor of enzymes for activation of clotting factors.
Hence, the correct answer is option B.

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