Human gastric juice contains chitinase that can degrade chitin

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 244-251

  Paoletti, Maurizio G ^a   Norberto, Lorenzo ^a   Damini, Roberta ^a   Musumeci, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidic mammalian chitinase; Chitin digestion; Entomophagy; Gastric juice

Indexed keywords

ALLOSAMIDIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ACIDITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH JUICE;

ADULT; AGED; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548057036     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104144     Document Type: Article

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