 Chymopapain
"Chymopapain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cysteine endopeptidase isolated from papaya latex. Preferential cleavage at glutamic and aspartic acid residues. EC 3.4.22.6.
| Descriptor ID |
D002917
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.262.500.160 D08.811.277.656.300.200.160
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| Concept/Terms |
Chymodiactin- Chymodiactin
- Farmamed Brand of Chymopapain
- Link Brand of Chymopapain
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| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chymopapain" by people in Profiles.
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Williams JM, Rayan V, Sumner DR, Thonar EJ. The use of intra-articular Na-hyaluronate as a potential chondroprotective device in experimentally induced acute articular cartilage injury and repair in rabbits. J Orthop Res. 2003 Mar; 21(2):305-11.
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Oegema TR, Deloria LB, Sandy JD, Hart DA. Effect of oral glucosamine on cartilage and meniscus in normal and chymopapain-injected knees of young rabbits. Arthritis Rheum. 2002 Sep; 46(9):2495-503.
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Muehleman C, Green J, Williams JM, Kuettner KE, Thonar EJ, Sumner DR. The effect of bone remodeling inhibition by zoledronic acid in an animal model of cartilage matrix damage. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2002 Mar; 10(3):226-33.
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Sawin PD, Traynelis VC, Rich G, Smith BA, Maves TJ, Follett KA, Moore SA. Chymopapain-induced reduction of proinflammatory phospholipase A2 activity and amelioration of neuropathic behavioral changes in an in vivo model of acute sciatica. J Neurosurg. 1997 Jun; 86(6):998-1006.
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Block JA, Schnitzer TJ, Andersson GB, Lenz ME, Jeffery R, McNeill TW, Thonar EJ. The effect of chemonucleolysis on serum keratan sulfate levels in humans. Arthritis Rheum. 1989 Jan; 32(1):100-4.
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