T'he name “ficin” was coined by Robbins in 1930 to apply to a protein powder he prepared from the latices of fig trees of the genus Ficus. Yet, by historical usage, one must consider ficin to include all preparations ranging from the crude latex to a single crystalline enzyme isolated from the complex of as many as ten proteinases found in the various latices. This, of course, complicates any definitive consideration of ficin.
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