Table 2 Description of mean (±SD) salivary flow, protein concentration and number of detected protein spots in different salivary collection approached among participants (n = 10).

From: The proteomic profile of whole and glandular saliva in healthy pain-free subjects

 

Parotid saliva*

Sublingual saliva

Whole saliva

Unstimulated

Stimulated

Unstimulated

Stimulated

Unstimulated

Stimulated

SALIVARY FLOW (ML/MIN)

0.029 ± 0.026

0.222 ± 0.284

0.14 ± 0.063

MD

0.18 ± 0.075

2.18 ± 1.164

PROTEIN CONCENTRATION (μG/ML)

4503 ± 4135

2837 ± 1416

1999 ± 823

1797 ± 847

2479 ± 1537

2171 ± 764

NUMBER OF PROTEIN SPOTS

164 ± 37

125 ± 26

304 ± 84

230 ± 59

155 ± 10

259 ± 84

  1. MD = missing data.
  2. *Salivary flow is reported unilaterally.
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