TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of parotid submandibular and sublingual saliva on wound healing in rats
AU - Bodner, Lipa
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - 1. 1. The effectiveness of wound licking with parotid, submandibular or sublingual saliva on wound healing was evaluated in selectively sialadenectomized rats. 2. 2. The rate of healing of experimentally induced cutaneous wounds was evaluated macroscopically by photography at 0, 2, 4 and 6 days after surgery. 3. 3. Sialadenectomy of all major glands significantly slowed down wound healing compared to Sham-operated controls. 4. 4. Parotid licking had no effect compared to controls; submandibular licking and sublingual licking appeared to be very effective. 5. 5. The results suggest that saliva promotes wound healing in experimentally induced cutaneous wounds by communal licking; this is a result of the submandibular and sublingual saliva and not the parotid saliva.
AB - 1. 1. The effectiveness of wound licking with parotid, submandibular or sublingual saliva on wound healing was evaluated in selectively sialadenectomized rats. 2. 2. The rate of healing of experimentally induced cutaneous wounds was evaluated macroscopically by photography at 0, 2, 4 and 6 days after surgery. 3. 3. Sialadenectomy of all major glands significantly slowed down wound healing compared to Sham-operated controls. 4. 4. Parotid licking had no effect compared to controls; submandibular licking and sublingual licking appeared to be very effective. 5. 5. The results suggest that saliva promotes wound healing in experimentally induced cutaneous wounds by communal licking; this is a result of the submandibular and sublingual saliva and not the parotid saliva.
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U2 - 10.1016/0300-9629(91)90309-Z
DO - 10.1016/0300-9629(91)90309-Z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0025950609
VL - 100
SP - 887
EP - 890
JO - Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology
JF - Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology
SN - 1095-6433
IS - 4
ER -