title: A follow-up of the protein pattern after operations in patients treated with an oral enzyme.
abstract: The sera of 32 patients have been studied in order to assess the behaviour of the main proteins, which could be identified with a two-dimensional electrophoresis, after operation. 20 of them were given an oral enzyme preparation of trypsin/chymotrypsin (Chymoral 100/F); the others were given no therapy. The analysis was performed comparing the relative concentration of 17 proteins in the pre-operative phase and the fifth day after the operation. Some variations known already and induced by this therapy (like the increase of alpha-1-antitrypsin), have been confirmed, but it has also been demonstrated, in the patients treated with Chymoral, a clear reduction of the constant loss of albumin and pre-albumin, which occurs after an operation.
mesh_terms: D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014357:Trypsin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D002918:Chymotrypsin; D014357:Trypsin