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“A proteolytic enzyme, chymotrypsin (10 U/ml), antagonised the excitatory effect of substance P , but not that of the non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic excitatory response or ATP.”
European journal of pharmacology • 1984 | View Paper
“The addition of exogenous peptidases such as pronase, chymotrypsin and an extract of black widow spider venom gland dramatically increased the rate of degradation of SP , shortened the fading response and blocked the development of tachyphylaxis.”
European journal of pharmacology • 1982 | View Paper
“are reversibly depressed by chymotrypsin , an enzyme which degrades SP , although the responses to acetylcholine, serotonin and an unknown hyperpolarizing transmitter are unaffected.”