Jin X, Yu N
Liaoning College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1995 Jul;20(7):408-9, 447.
From the decoction of fried malt (Fructus Hordei Germinatus) a kind of amylopsin activator was extracted and distinguished as calcium nitrate (with small amount of sodium chloride). The existence of this activator may can be explain properly why the decoction is helpful to digestion.
从炒麦芽(发芽谷芽)煎剂中提取出一种淀粉酶激活剂,鉴定为硝酸钙(含少量氯化钠)。这种激活剂的存在或许可以恰当地解释煎剂有助于消化的原因。