Medical term:
papayotin
papain
[pah-pa´in, pah-pi´in]a proteolytic enzyme from the latex of papaw, Carica papaya, the active ingredient of meat tenderizers. In medicine, it is used as a protein digestant and for enzymatic débridement and promotion of normal healing of surface lesions.
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pa·pa·in
, papainase (pa-pā'in, -ās),A cysteine endopeptidase, or a crude extract containing it, obtained from papaya latex. It has esterase, thiolase, transamidase, and transesterase activities; is used as a protein digestant, meat tenderizer, and to prevent adhesions. Formerly used to liquify contents of herniated intervertebral discs so that their contents could be removed by aspiration.
Synonym(s): papayotin
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papain
(pə-pā′ĭn, -pī′ĭn)n.
An enzyme obtained from the unripe fruit of the papaya that catalyzes the lysis of proteins, used especially as a meat tenderizer and digestive aid and formerly in medicine as a topical treatment for wounds.
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papain
A mixture of enzymes found in pawpaws. Papain includes the protein-splitting enzyme chymopapain and this makes it useful for breaking down organic debris and so cleaning up wounds and ulcers. Chymopapain is used to break down material extruded from the pulpy nuclei of intervertebral discs (chemonucleolysis).Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
pa·pa·in
, papainase (pă-pā'in, -ās)A cysteine endopeptidase, or a crude extract containing it, obtained from papaya latex. It has esterase, thiolase, transamidase, and transesterase activities; is used as a protein digestant, meat tenderizer, and to prevent adhesions.
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