Antipepsin
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This article defines antipepsin as substances found in the stomach wall that inhibit the action of pepsin. It notes that while antipepsin can be produced in the blood of birds through immunization with pepsin, it has not been proven that the stomach's resistance to self-digestion is due to antipepsin.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ANTIPEPSIN, substances contained in the stomach wall that inhibit the action of pepsin. It has not been proven that the absence of self-digestion of the stomach depends on antipepsin. Upon the immunization of birds with pepsin, the presence of antipepsin was discovered in their blood.
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“Antipepsin.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/antipepsin/