Items for "saliva"

Adsorption of the Flexible Salivary Proteins Statherin and PRP-1 to Negatively Charged Surfaces – A Monte Carlo Simulation and Ellipsometric Study

The structural properties of the salivary proteins, acidic proline rich PRP-1 and statherin, adsorbed onto negatively charged surfaces have been studied by Monte Carlo simulations and ellipsometry...

Keywords: simulations, Proteins, saliva, ellipsometry, Adsorption

Oral fluid as a diagnostic tool

Technological advances over the past decades have enabled oral fluid to expand its usefulness in the diagnosis of disease, prediction of disease progression, monitoring of therapeutic drug levels and detection of illicit drugs...

Keywords: illicit drugs, oral fluid, saliva, therapeutic drug monitoring

Salivary aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase: possible markers in periodontal diseases?

Background: Saliva can be used as a diagnostic fluid in medicine. Components of saliva proposed as disease markers include enzymes (alkaline phosphatase, esterase, glucuronidase, aminopeptidase), immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG), and hormones (steroid hormones)...

Keywords: alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, periodontitis, saliva

Evaluation of a novel standardized system for collection and quantification of oral fluid

Background: Standardization in collection and testing of oral fluid is lacking.

Methods: A novel standardized collection and quantification system for oral fluid testing was evaluated...

Keywords: oral fluid, saliva, standardization