Ross E V, Badame A J, Dale S E
J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Jun;16(6):1189-92. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(87)70156-x.
Meat tenderizer containing the proteolytic enzyme papain was tested for therapeutic efficacy in the sting of the imported fire ant. The parameters of pain and itching were used to evaluate qualitatively the sting response in 22 healthy medical students, and the laser Doppler velocimeter was used to assess quantitatively the change in cutaneous blood flow. The results indicated that, during the acute-phase reaction, no clinically or statistically significant difference was found between stings treated with meat tenderizer and stings treated without tenderizer. Therefore we conclude that meat tenderizer is of no therapeutic value in the acute treatment of the imported fire ant sting.
对含有蛋白水解酶木瓜蛋白酶的肉嫩化剂进行了测试，以评估其对入侵红火蚁叮咬的治疗效果。使用疼痛和瘙痒参数对22名健康医学生的叮咬反应进行定性评估，并使用激光多普勒血流仪对皮肤血流变化进行定量评估。结果表明，在急性期反应期间，用肉嫩化剂处理的叮咬与未用嫩化剂处理的叮咬之间在临床或统计学上均未发现显著差异。因此，我们得出结论，肉嫩化剂在入侵红火蚁叮咬的急性治疗中没有治疗价值。
