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From: royf@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Roy Frederick)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: The pH of saliva
Summary: alkaline
Message-ID: <10391@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 29 Nov 89 06:14:12 GMT
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Quoting from "Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods" by 
Todd and Sanford: "The secretion of the salivary glands amounts to 
about 1500 cc in twenty four hours. It is a colorless, odorless,
slightly viscid liquid with alkaline reaction."  This edition was 
copyright in 1946, back when medical tests required labor instead
of machines....

According to "Green Leaves of Barley" by Dr Mary Ruth Swope (which
may not be completely reliable...) the PH of saliva varies in reaction
according to your diet and general health - and may be acid or base.
It does seem likely that diet and medical conditions could affect 
it since normal saliva is fairly close to neutral.

Roy Frederick (royf@attctc.UUCP)
Dallas County Data Services  (214) 653-6340
504 Records Bldg.
Dallas, TX 75202


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