 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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| 1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1985 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chymopapain" by people in Profiles.
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Huckman MS, Clark JW, McNeill TW, Whisler WW, Hejna WF, Russell EJ, Ramsey RG, Turner D. Chemonucleation and changes observed on lumbar MR scan: preliminary report. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1987 Jan-Feb; 8(1):1-4.
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Moss J, Roizen MF, Nordby EJ, Thisted R, Apfelbaum JL, Schreider BD, McDermott DJ. Decreased incidence and mortality of anaphylaxis to chymopapain. Anesth Analg. 1985 Dec; 64(12):1197-201.
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Mikhael MA, Ciric IS, Kudrna JC, Hindo WA. Recognition of lumbar disc disease with magnetic resonance imaging. Comput Radiol. 1985 Jul-Aug; 9(4):213-22.
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McDermott DJ, Agre K, Brim M, Demma FJ, Nelson J, Wilson RR, Thisted RA. Chymodiactin in patients with herniated lumbar intervertebral disc(s). An open-label, multicenter study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1985 Apr; 10(3):242-9.
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Javid MJ, Nordby EJ, Ford LT, Hejna WJ, Whisler WW, Burton C, Millett DK, Wiltse LL, Widell EH, Boyd RJ, Newton SE, Thisted R. Safety and efficacy of chymopapain (Chymodiactin) in herniated nucleus pulposus with sciatica. Results of a randomized, double-blind study. JAMA. 1983 May 13; 249(18):2489-94.
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