What is Lysozyme?

- 2021-05-28-

Lysozyme, also known as muramidase, is a naturally occurring enzyme found in bodily secretions such as tears, saliva, and milk. Meanwhile it's the only substance these body liquids that has active antiseptic material . Belong to the first line of body natural defense, lysozyme plays the role of pioneer forces and scouts in the organism defense outside invasion process.
Lysozyme as a kind of non-specific immune factor existing in the human body normal fluids and tissues, has many pharmacological effects, it has antibacterial, antiviral, anti tumor effect, the current medical lysozyme, its indications for bleeding, blood in urine, blood in phlegm, rhinitis, etc.

Lysozyme has the function of destroying bacteria cell wall structure, used for treatment G + bacteria to get protoplast, therefore, lysozyme is an essential tool enzyme in of cell fusion operation in genetic engineering, cell engineering.

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