Nattokinase: production and application

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 9199-9206

  Dabbagh, Fatemeh ^a,b   Negahdaripour, Manica ^a   Berenjian, Aydin ^c   Behfar, Abdolazim ^d   Mohammadi, Fatemeh ^a,b   Zamani, Mozhdeh ^a,b   Irajie, Cambyz ^e   Ghasemi, Younes ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Fibrinolytic activity; Medical applications; Nattokinase; Subtilisin NAT; Supplement

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FIBRINOLYTIC ACTIVITY; NATTOKINASE; SUBTILISIN; SUPPLEMENT;

ENZYMES;

FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; NATTOKINASE; PLASMIN; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL SHELL; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FIBRINOLYSIS; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; THERMOSTABILITY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; THROMBOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SUBTILISINS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84925504379     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6135-3     Document Type: Review

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