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Article #528Re: The pH of saliva
From: Roy Frederick
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 06:14
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 06:14
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Quoting from "Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods" by Todd and Sanford: "The secretion of the salivary glands amounts to about 1500 cc in twenty four hours. It is a colorless, odorless, slightly viscid liquid with alkaline reaction." This edition was copyright in 1946, back when medical tests required labor instead of machines.... According to "Green Leaves of Barley" by Dr Mary Ruth Swope (which may not be completely reliable...) the PH of saliva varies in reaction according to your diet and general health - and may be acid or base. It does seem likely that diet and medical conditions could affect it since normal saliva is fairly close to neutral. Roy Frederick (royf@attctc.UUCP) Dallas County Data Services (214) 653-6340 504 Records Bldg. Dallas, TX 75202
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!texbell!attctc!royf From: royf@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Roy Frederick) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: The pH of saliva Summary: alkaline Message-ID: <10391@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 29 Nov 89 06:14:12 GMT References: <18383@bellcore.bellcore.com> Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 17