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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?

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[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)

     Does saliva have calories??(Extra credit project)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.251.171.111 (talk) 22:53, 24 October 2007 (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).

The article flatly contradicts itself in two consecutive sentences. http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1997-03/856841521.An.r.html talks about the subject a little, but does not give an exact amount in a proper scientific fashion. Anyone want to fix it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.2.17.193 (talk) 13:10, 8 April 2008 (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 dont think so maaanhink 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)
I think it is just being clear that the scope of this article is restricted to animals precisely because only animals produce saliva. Would you rather have a sentence that says 'Only animals produce saliva because only animals produce a substance that meet the criteria below which are clearly oriented around determining which substances produced by animals are saliva?' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.3.130 (talk) 15:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] please help me:

What is the scientific name or term for Saliva..I must know for a big science project!

[edit] Kisses?

What about kisses or sex???, it plays a very important role....


What about diseases transmitted through Saliva?

[edit] Swifts

I've added a bit about swift saliva, which doesn't sit all that easily with the primarily human focus of this article, but I don't know where else it can go. Jimfbleak 08:23, 23 October 2007 (UTC)