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. 2017 Feb 28;18(3):523. doi: 10.3390/ijms18030523

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Mechanism of Action. Nattokinase dissolves blood clots by directly hydrolyzing fibrin and plasmin substrate. It converts endogenous prourokinase to urokinase (uPA). It also degrades plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) and increases the level of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA).