"Papain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A proteolytic enzyme obtained from Carica papaya. It is also the name used for a purified mixture of papain and CHYMOPAPAIN that is used as a topical enzymatic debriding agent. EC 3.4.22.2.
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D010206
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.262.500.585 D08.811.277.656.300.200.585
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Papain" by people in Profiles.
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Ghoneum M, Abdulmalek S, Fadel HH. Biobran/MGN-3, an Arabinoxylan Rice Bran, Protects against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): An In Vitro and In Silico Study. Nutrients. 2023 Jan 15; 15(2).
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Fukuda K, Matsuzaki H, Mikami Y, Makita K, Miyakawa K, Miyashita N, Hosoki K, Ishii T, Noguchi S, Urushiyama H, Horie M, Mitani A, Yamauchi Y, Shimura E, Nakae S, Saito A, Nagase T, Hiraishi Y. A mouse model of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap induced by intratracheal papain. Allergy. 2021 01; 76(1):390-394.
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Renthal R. A cleavable cross-linking reaction for protein carboxyl groups. Int J Pept Protein Res. 1983 Aug; 22(2):144-7.
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Renthal R, Dawson N, Tuley J, Horowitz P. Constraints on the flexibility of bacteriorhodopsin's carboxyl-terminal tail at the purple membrane surface. Biochemistry. 1983 Jan 04; 22(1):5-12.
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Renthal R, Harris GJ, Parrish R. Reaction of the purple membrane with a carbodiimide. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1979 Aug 14; 547(2):258-69.