Pharmacological effects of oral enzyme combinations.

Abstract

Combinations of hydrolytic enzymes have been used for therapy of variety of diseases for a long time, their pharmacology, however, is being recognized only in the course of last decades. In the article, the following pharmacological effects of combinations of oral hydrolytic enzymes are reviewed: fibrinolytic, hemorheologic, anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory, activation of macrophages and NK cells, modulation of adhesion molecules, cytokines and immune complexes. Pharmacological effects are classified on four levels: biochemical, physiological, medical, and immunological. A spectrum of indications of enzyme therapy is inferred from the pharmacological effects: inflammations, traumatological events, surgical interventions, autoimmune and immune complex diseases, rheumatological diseases, viral infections and malignant tumors.

• Authors: G Stauder
• Journal: Casopis lekaru ceskych (Cas Lek Cesk) Vol. 134 Issue 19 Pg. 620-4 (Oct 04 1995) ISSN: 0008-7335 [Print] Czech Republic
• PMID: 7585874 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Drug Combinations
• Hydrolases

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Animals
• Drug Combinations
• Humans
• Hydrolases (administration & dosage, pharmacology)