Dietary supplementation with fermented soybeans suppresses intimal thickening
Although soy foods have been consumed for more than 1000 y, it is only in the past 20 y that they have made inroads into Western diets. We investigated the…
The effects of nattokinase on fibrinogenolysis and the inhibition of fibrin clot formation
Nattokinase is known to accelerate the fibrinolytic activity in vasculature owing to the cleaving of fibrin clots to plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1. Furthermore, it was also reported to cleave…
Effects of nattokinase, a pro-fibrinolytic enzyme, on red blood cell aggregation and whole blood viscosity
The vegetable cheese-like food, natto, is extremely popular in Japan with a history extending back over 1000 years. A fibrinolytic enzyme, termed nattokinase, can be extracted from natto; the enzyme…
Effect of Heavy Metals on, and Handling by, the Kidney
Heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr) and platinum (Pt) are a major environmental and occupational hazard. Unfortunately, these non-essential elements are toxic at very…
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