PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES OF MYCELIAL FUNGI

Studies on the production of milk-clotting enzymes, proteolytic enzymes and mucilage by fungi.

Of 48 fungal isolates, 28 (including one Penicillium and three Aspergilli) secreted milk-clotting enzymes. This activity was in general related to the mycelial growth of a given isolate, but not with pH change of the culture filtrate during incubation. It was not found when mucilage was formed by isolates capable of doing so. The ratio of general proteolytic activity to milk-clotting activity v...

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.

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 ...

Systemic Proteolytic Enzymes