An analysis of the buffer systems in saliva
An analysis of the buffer systems in saliva
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10.1177/00220345550340040701
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1955-01-01
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LILIENTHAL, B.
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LILIENTHAL, B.
In the present study a direct approach was used and salivary samples were fractionated firstly by removal of bicarbonate with CO2-free air and secondly by removal of bicarbonate and phosphate together by dialysis at 4[degree]C. It was found that removal of bicarbonate markedly reduced the buffering property of saliva, showing that the bicarbonate system was the major salivary buffer. Removal of both bicarbonate and phosphate, leaving mucin and other proteins, completely removed the buffering power of saliva. Mucoid isolated from saliva and examined by direct titration and by its effect on the pH of several solutions of HCL failed to confirm the previous report that salivary mucoid possessed considerable buffering properties. Both resting and activated saliva were used in this study. A difference in the buffer systems of salivary sediment and the dentobacterial plaque was observed, the former possessing appreciable quantities of bicarbonate. The buffering power of salivary sediment in a sample of saliva is a very small part of the total buffering of the sample. || ABSTRACT AUTHORS: B. Lilienthal