Bromelain is an enzyme from the pineapple plant that reduces clotting of the blood, has antibiotic and anti-inflammatory effects, and may be useful as an adjunct in treating some types of angina and cancer.

Bromelain is a common treatment for sinusitis in some countries, and has been shown to be more effective than antibiotics in double blind studies. This makes it of interest to clusterheads with Sinus Problems. (text (cache))

You can eat lots of fresh pineapple to get bromelain - canned or cooked pineapple is not effective (heat inactivates bromelain). Bromelain is also extracted from pineapple stems and sold as a supplement. Similar enzymes are found in kiwi fruit, unripe papaya and unripe figs.




Here is a link (cache) to a good summary on bromelain. It notes that bromelain has anti-thrombotic and fibrinolytic properties, which may be of benefit to clusterheads (See Anticoagulants). The PDR entry on bromelain can be found here (cache).
 

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