In vitro tissue-digesting properties of krill enzymes compared with Fibrinolysin/DNAse, papain and placebo

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 703-706

  Mekkes, J R ^a   Le Poole, I C ^a   Das, P K ^a   Kammeyer, A ^a   Westerhof, W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elase; Fibrinolysin DNAse; Krill enzymes; Papain; Wound debridement

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; PAPAIN; PLASMIN; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SKIN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENZYMES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PAPAIN; PLASMIN; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031009003     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(96)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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