Stem bromelain (SBM) (EC 3.4.22.32), a proteolytic enzyme , is a widely accepted phytotherapeutical drug member of the bromelain family of proteolytic enzymes obtained from Ananas comosus .[1] Some of the therapeutic uses of SBM are reversible inhibition of platelet aggregation, angina pectoris , bronchitis , sinusitis , surgical traumas, thrombophlebitis , pyelonephritis and enhanced absorption of drugs , particularly of antibiotics . Its anti-metastasis and anti-inflammatory activities are apparently independent of its proteolytic activity. Although poorly understood, the diverse pleiotrophic effects of SBM seem to depend on its ability to traverse the membrane barrier, a very unusual property of this protein.
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