Abstract
Several studies describe the action of protease inhibitors on blood coagulation, digestive and inflammatory processes, tissue remodeling, the same molecules are also able to regulate proliferation, apoptosis and cell cycle. EcTI, a 20 kDa inhibitor isolated from Enterolobium contortisiliquum seeds, inhibits trypsin, chymotrypsin, human plasma kallikrein (HuPK), plasmin and human neutrophi…