DRUG-EFFECT SUBSTANCE PREPARED FROM BALSAM PEAR, BALSAM PEAR SEED AND BALSAM PEAR SPROUT PRODUCED BY GERMINATING BALSAM PEAR SEED

摘要

PURPOSE: To obtain a drug-effect substance from balsam pear or balsam pear seed. CONSTITUTION: Balsam pear, balsam pear seed or balsam pear sprout produced by germinating balsam pear seed is used as a raw material for the objective substance. The raw material is crushed, heated in distilled water to decoct the active component and further heated to obtain a concentrated drug-effect substance in liquid or pasty state. The product may be further heated and dried to a powdery or granular drug-effect substance. A squash-type protease inhibitor existing in the drug-effect substance directly dissolves in blood to inhibit the blood coagulation and exhibit the treating and preventing effect on thrombotic diseases such as cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction. It is also effective for getting a slim body since the substance acts as an inhibitor of digestive enzymes such as trypsin in the intestine.