CARBONIC ANHYDRASE ACTIVITY IN SALIVA IN MAN
- 16 July 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences
- Vol. 51 (3) , 202-206
- https://doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.1966.sp001849
Abstract
The carbonic anhydrase activity has been measured in human parotid, submandibular and mixed saliva. In parotid saliva the activity was related to salivary flow rate, rising from less than 1·6 K/ml. at low flow rates to a maximum of about 2·2 K/ml. at higher rates of flow. The enzyme activity remained constant at flow rates greater than 0·8 ml./min. The concentration in submandibular saliva tended to be less than the concentration in parotid saliva. The enzyme activity in the blood was found to be 1·9 K/ml.Enzyme activity was not affected by storage at 0° C., 370° C. and room temperature for up to 48 hr. Similar values were found when saliva was collected under oil and when saliva was collected without oil.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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