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Saliva comes from the salivary glands and infections of the salivary glands are called sialadenitis. Is there a role for sialic acid or sialic acid receptors in the production of saliva?

Contents 1 Emulsion or digestion of fats? 2 Category? 3 Quoting from Britannica? 4 what about there ppl? 5 Margeline? 6 Quantity 7 who wrote this? 8 What else produces saliva?

[edit] Emulsion or digestion of fats?

What part of the content of saliva emulsifies or digests fats, and which (emulsification/enzymatic digestion) does it do? I know that if I spit onto my fingers after eating oily foods like potato chips, I can wash them clean with water as if I had used soap. ~GMH 18:40, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Response:

Saliva contains a lipase (an enzyme that digests fats) named lingual lipase. Although fat digestion is minimal in the mouth because the fat is not yet emulsified. Emulsification first occurs in the duodenum of the small intestine

[edit] Category?

Note: no Category yet... --katpatuka 08:29, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Quoting from Britannica?

One part of the article currently says: "From Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition." Is this a paraphrase of something from Britannica? If it's a direct quote, is it a legal one? --Elysdir 23:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] what about there ppl?

there is also a spanish tribe called the Saliva, i'm trying to find this tribe for a class project, could any of you help me?

[edit] Margeline?

Water = Margeline?

[edit] Quantity

I was informed by my ENT attending that the average human produces a liter of saliva. Is there a source for the 700mL quantity?

It seems plausible to me that if the average human produces 1000mL, that -millions- of people would be producing in the 700mL range. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.122.208.51 (talk) 17:06, 29 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] who wrote this?

who wrote this article??

[edit] What else produces saliva?

To quote:

In animals, saliva is produced in and secreted from the salivary glands. It is a fluid containing:

What Non-Animal produces Saliva? Do plants also produce saliva? If so is it still called Saliva?

I think I heard that some insects produce saliva, but I'm not sure, and I'm having a hard time verifying that. Maybe you could help me check into that. --Kevin 22:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

See this section of the article on mosquitoes, for example. FJPB 16:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)