PAPAIN-INDUCED CHANGES IN RABBIT CARTILAGE : ALTERATIONS IN THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE CARTILAGE MATRIX

Some biochemical aspects of the collapse of the rabbit ears produced by the intravenous injection of papain have been studied. A marked depletion of chondromucoprotein (M.C.S.) and a reduction of the S35 content of cartilage matrix were found to coincide with the gross and histologic changes in the...

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Main Author: Tsaltas, Theodore T.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1958
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2136899/