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BROMELAINS other name
Bromelain or bromelin
A mixture of protein-digesting & milk-clotting enzymes
BROMELAINS
Sn.
Ananas comosus
Parts used
juice of the pineapple plant (ripe or unripe)
Use
-As adjunctive therapy to reduce inflammation & edema
- To accelerate tissue repair, esp. following episiotomy
- Employed in the production of protein hydrolysates, in tenderizing meats & in leather industry.
A Mucolytic enzyme capable of depolymerizing & catalyzing hyaluronic acid & similar hexosamine-containing polysaccharide
HYALURONIDASE
It promotes diffusion & hastens absorption of subcutaneous infusions.
HYALURONIDASE
Use:
Spreading agent (inj.)
A purified bacterial CHON elaborated by group C β-hemolytic streptococci
STREPTOKINASE
An enzyme isolated from human urine
UROKINASE
Obtained from human kidney cells by tissue culture techniques
UR
O KINASE
Acts to convert plasminogen to the proteolytic enzyme plasmin
STREPTOKINASE
Use: For the treatment of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), arterial thrombosis & embolism, arteriovenous cannula occlusion & coronary artery thrombosis
STREPTOKINASE
It acts on the endogenous fibrinolytic system, converting plasminogen to the enzyme plasmin
UROKINASE
Use: Indicated for the treatment of pulmonary embolism, coronary artery thrombosis & in restoring the patency of intravenous catheters.
UROKINASE
Is in blood serum – as a protease
FIBRINOLYSIN
Is in plasma – as the inactive precursor, profibrinolysin (or plasminogen)
FIBRINOLYSIN
A nucleolytic enzyme that is obtained from the pancreatic glands of bovine.
DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE
or DESOXYRIBONUCLEASE
It catalyzes cleavage of the giant molecules of desoxyribonucleic acid into numerous fragments of smaller size
DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE
or DESOXYRIBONUCLEASE
Use: Treatment of blood clots within the cardiovascular system, exclusive of thrombi of the coronary & cerebral arteries
FIBRINOLYSIN
