<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hen eggs are widely used, not only for human consumption, but also as an important material in food production and in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry. Cystatin is a biologically active component of egg white, mostly used as an inhibitor of papain-like cysteine proteases. It was isolated from chicken egg white and has later been used in the nomenclature of structurally and functionally related proteins. Cystatins from animals, including mouse, rat, dog, cow and chicken egg white have been isolated and recently used in foodstuffs and drug administration. Cystatin has found its place and use in medicine due to its antimicrobial, antiviral and insecticidal effects, for the prevention of cerebral hemorrhage and control of cancer cell metastasis.</p></abstract>

Hen eggs are widely used, not only for human consumption, but also as an important material in food production and in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry. Cystatin is a biologically active component of egg white, mostly used as an inhibitor of papain-like cysteine proteases. It was isolated from chicken egg white and has later been used in the nomenclature of structurally and functionally related proteins. Cystatins from animals, including mouse, rat, dog, cow and chicken egg white have been isolated and recently used in foodstuffs and drug administration. Cystatin has found its place and use in medicine due to its antimicrobial, antiviral and insecticidal effects, for the prevention of cerebral hemorrhage and control of cancer cell metastasis.

Egg White Cystatin – A Review

Department of Functional Food Products Development

the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Acta Veterinaria

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Hen eggs are widely used, not only for human consumption, but also as an important material in food production and in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry....

Egg White Cystatin – A Review

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 401 - 422

Accepted: Oct 05, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2020-0031

Keywords
cystatin, egg white, isolation, application, antimicrobial, anticancer

© 2020 Kupaj Patryk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Egg White Cystatin – A Review

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 401 - 422

Accepted: Oct 05, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2020-0031

Keywordscystatin, egg white, isolation, application, antimicrobial, anticancer

© 2020 Kupaj Patryk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
cystatin, egg white, isolation, application, antimicrobial, anticancer