On Proteolytic Enzymes. II

Proteolytic enzymes.

Leipner, J. and R. Saller (2000). "Systemic enzyme therapy in oncology: effect and mode of action." Drugs 59(4): 769-80. Plant extracts with a high content of proteolytic enzymes have been used for a long time in traditional medicine. Besides proteolytic enzymes from plants, 'modern' enzyme therapy additionally includes pancreatic enzymes. The therapeutic use of proteolytic enzymes is partly ba...

Proteolytic enzymes.

The action of proteolytic enzymes on insulin.

On the Proteolytic Enzymes of Animal Tissues

It has long been known that aqueous extracts of various animal tissues (spleen, kidney, liver, etc.) exhibit proteinase activity, which was assigned to an intracellular enzyme named cathepsin (1). The finding of peptide derivatives which serve as substrates for well defined proteinases (pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin) led to the use of these synthetic compounds for the study of the proteolytic a...

Proteolytic enzymes of lung.

The lung usually is considered to be a passive tissue whose main function is to permit gaseous diffusion to and from the blood; however, the lung is also an organ of defense. Its phagocytes remove inhaled dust particles and bacteria. A considerable part of the lung parenchyma consists of mononuclear phagocytes and potential mononuclear phagocytes. Since these cells are not readily available in ...