Journal of Dental Research, Vol 55, 470-475, Copyright © 1976 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals
Observations on calcium-induced stability of salivary proteins in a lipid-extraction system
A. R. Johnson
The system described for investigating the effects of small ions on
macromolecules of saliva may be applied to other solutions and is amenable
to manipulation in order to obtain more specific information. Studies using
aqueous solutions of saliva fractions previously separated by gel
filtration are being conducted with C/M solutions containing various
bivalent cation chloride salts. Preliminary results from these current
studies have demonstrated that when the proteins are stabilized they vary
as a function of the cation used.