‘It prolongs hospitalisation, delays recoveries and in some cases prevents people from going back home. It isn’t well understood and there’s no medicine for it.’

　　“这会延长病人的住院时间，减慢身体恢复健康的速度，使得病人们很难回到正常的生活中。这并不太好理解，同时也没有药可以医治。”

　　In order to remedy the situation, Dr Adams, of the University of Iowa, studied the genetic changes that occur when muscles waste or atrophy. He checked a pool of 1,300 chemicals for one that would counter the changes – and hit on ursolic acid.

　　为了扭转这样的情况，来自爱荷华州大学的亚当斯教授开始研究了肌肉萎缩的遗传变异。 他在先后研究1300种化学元素之后，他发现了熊果酸。
　
It is particularly concentrated in apple peel but is also found in cranberries and prunes and in basil, oregano and thyme.

　　熊果素主要存在于苹果皮之中，同时也可以在小红莓、梅子、花椒叶和麝香草中找到。