Enzimas Proteolíticas.
"Las enzimas proteolíticas le ayudan a digerir las proteínas contenidas en los alimentos. Aunque su cuerpo produce esas enzimas en el páncreas, ciertos alimentos también contienen enzimas proteolíticas.
La papaya y la piña son dos de las fuentes de plantas más ricas, como se atestigua por su uso tradicional como "ablandadores" naturales para la carne. La papaína y la bromelina son los nombres respectivos para las enzimas proteolíticas que se encuentran en estas frutas. Las enzimas que produce su cuerpo se llaman tripsina y quimotripsina.
El principal uso de las enzimas proteolíticas es como una ayuda digestiva para la gente que tiene problemas para digerir proteínas. Sin embargo, por razones que son menos claras, las enzimas proteolíticas también parecen reducir el dolor y la inflamación."
http://therapy.epnet.com/nat/GetContent.asp?chunkiid=124925
Artritis, Sinusitis, Alteraciones digestivas, Picaduras de insectos, quemaduras, lesiones deportivas, varices, hemorroides etc.
http://agrocienciasupc.blogspot.com/2011/10/la-bromelina.HTML
"Bromelain is a natural anticoagulant that works by breaking down the blood-clotting protein fibrin. This may help to explain why results of at least two clinical trials suggest that the enzyme can help to improve the symptoms of angina and thrombophlebitis. As well as thinning the blood, bromelain also thins mucus, and thus maybe of benefit to asthmatics and people suffering from chronic bronchitis. There is also evidence that bromelain can trigger beneficial changes in white blood cells, and thus may improve immune function. However, whether or not the enzyme would be beneficial to immunocompromised people has not been established clinically. Bromelain has potent anti-inflammatory properties and therefore may be useful in promoting the healing of minor muscle injuries such as sprains and strains. Results of one study also found evidence to suggest that it can help to improve the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. When applied topically it may help to speed wound healing. There has also been some suggestion that bromelain has anti-cancer properties, although this has not been proven. Several recent studies have linked chronic inflammation to cancer, thus any anti-cancer action of bromelain could be due to it anti-inflammatory properties. The enzyme may also enhance the effect of the antibiotics amoxicillin, erythromycin, penicillamine, and penicillin. In a study of people with urinary tract infections,100% of participants given antibiotics in combination with bromelain and another enzyme called trypsin were cured of their infection, compared with just 46% who received antibiotics alone."
http://www.worldhealth.net/news/bromelain_pineapple_enzyme/
"Caracterización cinética de un preparado semipurificado de bromelina para uso antitumoral."
http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?pid=S1028-47962010000200004&script=sci_arttext