noun
definition
A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.
Examples of papain in a Sentence
These include such bodies as pepsin, diastase, the pancreatic ferments, papain, the pine-apple ferment, taka-diastase and others, and serve to convert starch into saccharine substances, or albumen into peptone and albumoses.
Using the proteolytic enzyme papain Porter found rabbit IgG was cleaved into three similarly sized pieces.
A gentle exfoliating therapy enriched with tropical papain fruit enzymes and flower extracts to purify blocked pores and sweep away dead cells.
Papain Papain, an enzyme extract of papaya, was associated with increased warfarin activity in one patient.
The Digestive Blend contains bean extracts and powders, enzymatic powders such as bromelain (derived from the pineapple) and papain (derived from the papaya), soy and herbs such as milk thistle, a liver cleansing herb.