活力定義:1U:One unit amount of inhibitor which, after preincubation for 20 minutes at 25° C, pH 6.9 will reduce the activity of two units of human salivary alpha-amylase by 50% (one unit of alpha-amylase will liberate, from soluble starch, one micromole of maltose per minute at 25° C, pH 6.9).