ptyalin 的定义
Biochemistry.
- an enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into dextrin and maltose.
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- Ptyalin, -e, tī′a-lin, n. the nitrogenous essential principle of saliva.
- The action of ptyalin, however, continues in the fundus of the stomach until stopped by the acid in the gastric juice.
- Here a similar action is caused by an enzyme called ptyalin.
- The diastase of the malt has the same action on starch as the ptyalin in the saliva.
- Amylopsin, the starch-digesting enzym, appears to be very similar to ptyalin in its power to digest carbohydrates.