Why Enzymes Are Important in Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment? Why Enzymes Are Important in Clinical Diagnosis an | Page 2

You may not know that enzymes can be used as medicines to treat a range of diseases which
is called medicinal enzyme. For example, trypsin can be used not only to accelerate wound
healing and dissolve blood clots, but also to remove necrotic tissue and inhibit the
proliferation of contaminating microorganisms; L-asparaginase can be used to treat cancer
by depriving nutrients needed by the growth of cancer cells and protease (like multi-enzyme
tablets) can be used to treat dyspepsia and have an anti-inflammatory effect. In addition,
lipase, superoxide dismutase, L-asparaginase, nattokinase, soybean meal plasmin, thrombin,
etc. can be used for the treatment of diseases. Furthermore, many enzymes are used as
diagnostic reagents in medical treatment. Because of its characteristics of remarkable curative
effect and insignificant side effects, the medicinal enzymes have more and more applications
in the health area.
Enzymes in Medicine Production
The process of producing various drugs by enzymes is to convert precursor substances into
drugs by enzyme catalytic activities, which is called enzymatic production of drugs. The use
of enzymes in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals is augmentative. A number of drugs,
including some rare and expensive drugs, are now produced by enzymatic methods. For
example, penicillin acylase can be used to produce semi-synthetic antibiotics; β-tyrosinase
can be used to produce dopa; arabinoadenosine is produced by nucleoside phosphorylase;
Achromobacter protease produces human insulin; polynucleotide phosphorylase produces
polymyocytes; and β-D-glucosadenylase produces anti-tumor ginsenosides.
It is obvious from the above that enzymes play an irreplaceable and significant role in the
field of clinical diagnosis and treatment. As a part of bioengineering, the important function
and research results of enzyme have been recognized by the world. It has become our main
goal to fully utilize the catalytic function, expand the application range, and improve the
application efficiency of enzymes, and Creative Enzymes, as an enzyme manufacturer, are
endeavoring to do so.