title: Indication of higher salivary alpha-amylase expression in hamadryas baboons and geladas compared to chimpanzees and humans.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Little is known about salivary alpha-amylase expression in primates.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared saliva of gelada and hamadryas baboons, chimpanzees and humans using SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Amylase expression was increased in hamadryas baboons (P = 0.0376) compared to humans and might indicate dietary starch use in Cercopithecines.
authors.affiliation: Animal Nutrition Group, Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. mmau@itw.uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mau
authors.forename: K-H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Südekum
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sliwa
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000378:metabolism; D048529:Papio hamadryas / Q000378:metabolism*; D055291:Salivary alpha-Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016671:Theropithecus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D055291:Salivary alpha-Amylases