An enzyme called rennin exists in the gastric juice of the human stomach also.
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The mini-cheeses manufactured with this coagulant were softer than cheeses manufactured with rennin or chymosin.
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The necessity of a milk-curding enzyme, somewhat similar to the rennin of the gastric juice, is not understood.
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However, the ripe berries of this plant have been used by ancient Pima Indians as a substitute of rennin in making cheese.
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In this work, it was observed that this plant coagulant had lower activity and produced softer cheeses than did rennin or chymosin.
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This effect may confer at least in part the cardiac protective action of 17beta-estradiol under pathological conditions with increased activity of the rennin-angiotensin system.