protein-digesting

* A protein-digesting enzyme group found in pineapple, bromelain helps the absorption of nutrients.

Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

* A protein-digesting enzyme group found in pineapple, bromelain helps the absorption of nutrients.

Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

* A protein-digesting enzyme group found in pineapple, bromelain helps the absorption of nutrients.

Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

* A protein-digesting enzyme group found in pineapple, bromelain helps the absorption of nutrients.

Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

The stomach is a major protein-digesting organ and lies just below the diaphragm, to the right of the spleen and partly under the liver.

The Stomach: A Very Complex Organ 2007

Pepsin is the other major protein-digesting stomach acid.

The Stomach: A Very Complex Organ 2007

Meat Tenderizers Meat tenderizers are protein-digesting enzymes extracted from a number of plants, including papaya, pineapple, fig, kiwi, and ginger.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Like other arums, taro contains protective crystalline needles of calcium oxalate 40–160 mg per 100 gm, and deposits them near stores of protein-digesting enzymes.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

A number of fruits—papaya, pineapple, melons, and kiwi among them—contain protein-digesting enzymes that break gelatin chains into short pieces and thus prevent them from setting into a gel at all.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Protease Inhibitors and Lectins These are proteins that interfere with digestion: inhibitors block the action of protein-digesting enzymes, and lectins bind to intestinal cells and prevent them from absorbing nutrients.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004