Evaluation of the Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus edible birds nests' digestive enzymes

• Main Authors: Mitin, Helen, Abdul Razak, Intan Shameha, Mohd Isa, Kamarudin, Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50227/1/2-9.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50227/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The swiftlets of Asia are known to use their saliva as nest building material during the breeding season. It is speculated that enzymes present in the saliva are the key valuable components of EBN for the possible medicinal and therapeutic effects. However, to our knowledge study on enzymes in EBN a...