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Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

It is one of the most important of the digestive fluids, containing at least three distinct ferments, trypsin, steapsin and an amylolytic ferment, by which it acts upon all three classes of food stuffs.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg

They contain a thick glairy fluid, which differs from saliva in containing a considerable quantity of mucin and albumin, while it is free from any amylolytic ferment or sulpho-cyanide of potassium.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander