ficinn.
/ˈfʌɪsɪn/ Biochemistry.
A proteolytic enzyme obtained from the sap of certain species of fig and used as an anthelmintic.
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1930 B. H. Robbins in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 87 252 The name ficin..has been given by us to this purified protein powder containing the active anthelmintic principle.
1949 H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xxxiii. 1096 The following enzyme preparations caused no destruction of penicillin: pepsin, trypsin, pancreatin,..papain, ficin, emulsin, urease, invertase, and hurain.
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