Egg White Cystatin – A Review

Hen eggs are widely used, not only for human consumption, but also as an important material in food production and in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry. Cystatin is a biologically active component of egg white, mostly used as an inhibitor of papain-like cysteine proteases. It was isolated from c...

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Autores principales: Patryk Kupaj, Maciej Korus, Malgorzata Korzeniowska, Wieslaw Kopec
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ca083a5c425943aa9b4432e807ada6862021-11-17T21:27:54ZEgg White Cystatin – A Review1820-744810.2478/acve-2020-0031https://doaj.org/article/ca083a5c425943aa9b4432e807ada6862020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2020-0031https://doaj.org/toc/1820-7448Hen eggs are widely used, not only for human consumption, but also as an important material in food production and in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry. Cystatin is a biologically active component of egg white, mostly used as an inhibitor of papain-like cysteine proteases. It was isolated from chicken egg white and has later been used in the nomenclature of structurally and functionally related proteins. Cystatins from animals, including mouse, rat, dog, cow and chicken egg white have been isolated and recently used in foodstuffs and drug administration. Cystatin has found its place and use in medicine due to its antimicrobial, antiviral and insecticidal effects, for the prevention of cerebral hemorrhage and control of cancer cell metastasis.Patryk KupajMaciej KorusMalgorzata KorzeniowskaWieslaw KopecSciendoarticlecystatinegg whiteisolationapplicationantimicrobialanticancerVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ENActa Veterinaria, Vol 70, Iss 4, Pp 401-422 (2020)
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topic cystatin
egg white
isolation
application
antimicrobial
anticancer
Veterinary medicine
SF600-1100
spellingShingle cystatin
egg white
isolation
application
antimicrobial
anticancer
Veterinary medicine
SF600-1100
Patryk Kupaj
Maciej Korus
Malgorzata Korzeniowska
Wieslaw Kopec
Egg White Cystatin – A Review
description Hen eggs are widely used, not only for human consumption, but also as an important material in food production and in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry. Cystatin is a biologically active component of egg white, mostly used as an inhibitor of papain-like cysteine proteases. It was isolated from chicken egg white and has later been used in the nomenclature of structurally and functionally related proteins. Cystatins from animals, including mouse, rat, dog, cow and chicken egg white have been isolated and recently used in foodstuffs and drug administration. Cystatin has found its place and use in medicine due to its antimicrobial, antiviral and insecticidal effects, for the prevention of cerebral hemorrhage and control of cancer cell metastasis.
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author Patryk Kupaj
Maciej Korus
Malgorzata Korzeniowska
Wieslaw Kopec
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title Egg White Cystatin – A Review
title_short Egg White Cystatin – A Review
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