Abstract：Lysozyme, also called muramidase, is a bacteriolytic enzyme commonly found in nature. Lysozyme is a kind of innocuous protein,which catalyzes the hydrolysis of specific kinds of polysaccharides comprising the cell walls of microorganism. It can be used as a safe preservative in food storage and virtually ubiquitous throughout animal, microorganism and plants.The chicken egg white is a rich and easily available source of Lysozyme. The information like source, structural composition and properties, action mechanism was introduced in this paper and the application progress in keeping meat products fresh was also reviewed.
2010, Vol. 24 
