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Antimetastatic effect of bromelain with or without its proteolytic and anticoagulant activity

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Bromelain, a pineapple-derived plant product, added to C57B1/6 mice laboratory chow decreased lung metastasis of Lewis lung cancer cells implanted s.c. This antimetastatic potential was demonstrated by both the active and inactive bromelain with or without proteolytic, anticoagulant properties.

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  1. Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, 96813, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    S. Batkin & J. Szekerezes

  2. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, School of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii, 96822, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    S. J. Taussig

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Batkin, S., Taussig, S.J. & Szekerezes, J. Antimetastatic effect of bromelain with or without its proteolytic and anticoagulant activity. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 114, 507–508 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391501

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