title: Xylitol associated changes in amylase and protein content of monkey parotid saliva.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine amylase activity in the parotid saliva of monkeys fed a high sugar diet supplemented for 3-day periods with either sucrose or xylitol. All monkeys fed xylitol displayed a significant elevation of amylase activity and total protein content in their parotid saliva. The specific activity of amylase (units/mg protein) did not differ between the two diets. The possible importance of this observation to the purported cariostatic action of xylitol is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D000882:Haplorhini; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism*; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000494:pharmacology; D014993:Xylitol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; D013395:Sucrose; D000681:Amylases; D000516:alpha-Amylases; D014993:Xylitol