Natural Proteinase Inhibitors focuses on natural inhibitors for proteolytic enzymes, which occur in plants and animals. It presents the theoretical and practical importance of the natural proteinase inhibitors of man and animal organisms.
Organized into four chapters, this book starts with an overview of inhibitors for peptide and peptdohydrolases. This text then explores the important enzyme called kallikreins, which are found in the pancreas, the intestinal wall, the plasma, the submandibular gland, and the urine. Other chapters examine the various plant inhibitors, which are present in soybean, lima beans, potatoes, grains, and beetroots. This book discusses as well the inhibition of proteolytic enzymes by substances from body tissues. The final chapter deals with the prevention of uncontrolled liberation of kinins by proteinases, which is of great significance because the kinins are involved in the occurrence of pathological processes such as inflammation.
Biologists and graduate students will find this book extremely useful.

• Front Cover 2
• Natural Proteinase Inhibitors 5
• Copyright Page 6
• Dedication 7
• Preface to the English Edition 9
• Preface to the German Edition 11
• Table of Contents 13
• Introduction 15
• Abbreviations 16
• Chapter 1. Inhibitor Specificity, Determination Methods, and Definition of the Unit of Inhibiting Capacity 17
  • Specificity of the Naturally Occurring Proteinase Inhibitors 17
  • Determination Methods and Definition of the Unit of Inhibitor Activity 18
• Chapter 2. Plant Inhibitors 25
  • Leguminosae: Inhibitors from Soybeans (Sbl) (Glycine max., Soja max., Glycine hispida, Glycine soja) 25
  • Leguminosae: Inhibitors from Lima Beans (Phaseolus lunatus) 45