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n. - Any enzyme that decomposes gelatin and an insoluble fibrous protein that occurs in vertebrates as the chief constituent of the fibrils of connective tissue.

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  • This treatment, an enzyme called collagenase, and sold under the trade name Xiaflex, is injected into the hands where Dupuytren's has formed.
  • The temperature of local joints affects levels of destructive enzymes such as collagenase, elastase, hyaluronidase, and protease.
  • Nature accomplished this purpose superbly which is why no other enzyme (of the many thousands in the body) but a "collagenase" or collagen can break it into its...
  • Dagum says cellulite can be reduced by injecting infected areas with collagenase, an enzyme that digests collagen.
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