title: Lipid composition of squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) saliva.
abstract: The content and composition of lipids in saliva of healthy caries-free squirrel monkeys were investigated. The dialyzed and lyophilized saliva on extraction with chloroform/methanol yielded 8.0 +/- 0.9 mg of lipids/100 ml of saliva. Following fractionation on silicic acid column, 30.9% of lipids were found in the neutral lipid fraction, 58.8% in the glycolipid fraction, and 10.3% in the phospholipid fraction. The neutral lipids exhibited high content of free fatty acids (58.8%) and triglycerides (23.3%), the glycolipids consisted mainly of neutral and sulfated glyceroglucolipids (95%), while the phospholipids were rich in sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine. The results show that squirrel monkey saliva, while displaying lipid content similar to that of caries-susceptible humans, contains 50% less lipids than saliva of periodontal disease-prone marmoset.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002143:Callitrichinae; D002427:Cebidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000209:etiology; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D012453:Saimiri / Q000378:metabolism*; D012463:Saliva / Q000032:analysis*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids