Factors influencing the movement of parotid amylase into the serum of rats on feeding.
Feeding hard chow to rats for 1 h caused an increase in parotid-type amylase in the serum. The increase was largely inhibited by parasympathetic or sympathetic denervation of the parotid glands and also by beta-adrenoceptor blockade. The results suggest that movement of amylase into the blood is influenced not only by the volume of saliva being formed but also by its amylase content.
Department of Oral Pathology, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rayne Institute, London.
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D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003714:Denervation; D004435:Eating; D005215:Fasting; D008297:Male; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology
D000681:Amylases