Effects of nattokinase, a pro-fibrinolytic enzyme, on red blood cell aggregation and whole blood viscosity

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 139-142

  Pais, Eszter ^a   Alexy, Tamas ^a   Holsworth Jr , Ralph E ^b   Meiselman, Herbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b N Zyme Ceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Hemorheology; Nattokinase; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; NATTOKINASE; PLASMIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; JAPAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HUMANS; SOY FOODS; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 33746386372     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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