papain

Cysteine proteinase isolated from papaya.

General

cysteine proteinase; thiol proteinase pharmaceutical herb; medicinal herb; herbal supplement; botanical plant-specific molecule

Properties

KINGDOM: plant MOTIF: active site MOTIF: cysteine residue

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

Component-of

papain/papaya chlorophyllin/papain/urea chlorophyllin/copper/papain/urea papain/urea (Panifil-White, Rystan, Kovea)