Isolation of natural inhibitors of papain obtained from Carica papaya latex

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 747-754

  Monti, Rubens ^a   Contiero, Jonas ^a   Goulart, Antonio José ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Esterase activity; Natural papain inhibitor; Protease inhibitor

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944371762     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132004000500010     Document Type: Article

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