SOME ENZYMES WITH THEIR SOURCES AND USES (Commercial, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal)

Obtained from the stomach of pig

Use: assist in gastric digestion

Found in gastric juice

In neutral or alkaline environment, it is inactive, converts proteins to proteases and peptones

Proenzyme: Pepsinogen which is activated by

Protein digestion starts in the stomach Digestive aid in pre-cooked foods

additive to remove protein stains

mixture of protein-digesting & milk clotting enzymes from the juice of pineapple

Meat tenderizer Use: Adjunctive therapy to reduce inflammation & edema

Accelerate tissue repair, especially following episiotomy

Obtained from the latex of papaya

Use: Relieve symptoms of episiotomy - Cleaning solutions of soft contact lenses Meat/Beef tenderizer

As skin whitener (Papain, natural enzyme that promotes skin renewal and cell turnover.

It helps in exfoliating the skin to reveal newer cells, andhas restorative properties that soften the skin.)

Stabilizer for chill-proof beer

nonpyrogenic proteolytic enzyme obtained from the latex of papaya

Converts proteases and peptones to polypeptides and amino acids Secreted by the pancreas - Released in the intestines - Active in an alkaline environment

-crystallized from an extract of the pancreatic gland of Ox For ophthalmic solution Administered in solution to the posterior chamber of the eye, under the iris, to achieve zonal lysis

from Bacillus subtilis Use: Wound Debridement

Coagulating enzyme that is present in the mucous membrane of the stomach of animals

It curdles the soluble casein in milk For cheesemaking

Found in the intestinal juice Converts proteoses and peptones into amino acids

It is a purified bacterial protein

It is a purified bacterial protein

Supplied as lyophilized powder

Acts to convert plasminogen to plasmin

Use: treatment of pulmonary embolism, deepvein thrombosis, arterial thrombosis and embolism, arteriovenous cannula acclusion and coronary artery thrombosis

Isolated from human urine or obtained from human kidney cells by tissue culture techniques Converts plasminogen to enzyme plasmin

In the blood serum as a protease and inplasma as the inactive precursor, profibrinolysin (or plasminogen

It is prepared commercially by activating a ,human blood plasma fraction with streptokinase

Use: treatment of blood clots within the cardiovascular system, exclusive of thrombi of the coronary and cerebral arteries

Proteolytic Enzyme