Variations in the amylolytic power and compostition of the saliva

Investigations concerning the variations in the character of the human saliva have had to do for the most part with those variations of the amylolytic power and composition which occur under normal conditions, and of the adaptation of the saliva to diets specific in character. In animals, however, the field of investigation has naturally broadened out considerably, and the questions of amylolytic power and of the many variations occurring under different conditions in the composition of the saliva, have been much more fully investigated. The effect or drugs upon the character of saliva, the amylolytic power especially, seems to have been almost entirely neglected. The well known effects of Atropine and Pilocarpine on the salivary glands, as regards quantity, should be extended to include the composition and digestive properties of the secretions as well. In the present paper I shall present some results obtained from studying the variations in the amylolytic power and composition of the human saliva after administration of these drugs.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry (MU)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri--Columbia

Year dc:date.issued

1910

Author dc:creator

• Ewing, Ephraim MacDonald

Statement dc:rights

• OpenAccess.

Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15669

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/15669