Elastase

Source: Porcine Pancreas

General description

Elastase is a kind of serine protease, composed of240 amino acid residues in a single peptide chain . Mr is about 25000daltons, PI is 9.5  It can hydrolyzeamino compounds and esters. Soluble in water , insoluble in ethanol ,hydroscopic.

Application

--In clinical, used for treating hyperlipidemia,prevent atherosclerosis, fatty liver disease., etc.

--It could be used in the meat and aquaticproduct processing to make meat tender .

Specification

Item Specification Standard
Apperance white or light yellow powder Enterprise Standard
Identification Conform Enterprise Standard
Residue on ignition ≤2.0% Enterprise Standard
Loss on drying ≤8.0% Enterprise Standard
Heavy metal ≤25ppm Enterprise Standard
Assay Not less than 30 units/mg, calculated on the dried basis. Enterprise Standard
Storage

Sealed, Dark, Preserved in a cool and dry place.