pepsin, vegetable

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pepsin, vegetable See papain.
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vegetable pepsin
vegetable pepsin See papain . Read more
papain
papain Proteolytic enzyme from the juice of the pawpaw ( Carica papaya ) used in tenderizing meat; sometimes called vegetable pepsin. The enzyme is obtained as the dried latex on the skin of the fruit by scratching it while still on the tree, and... Read more
Theodor Schwann
...the cell theory. He also discovered pepsin, the first digestive enzyme prepared...the active principle, which he named pepsin. Between 1834 and 1838 Schwann undertook...great barrier between the animal and vegetable kingdoms, viz. the diversity of ultimate...by the old Aristotelian doctrine of ... Read more

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