Saliva: Its Value as a Biological Matrix and Current Methods of Sampling

[摘要] Saliva is a non-invasive medium, its analysis is useful to measure a wide range of hormones, drugs, narcotics, antibodies, host, microbial, fungal and viral DNA up to salivary mRNA; hence, it has been suggested to be an easy and reliable biomarker in disease diagnostics, such as inflammatory mouth infections/diseases, and in normal health surveillance. In light of this potential, our primary endpoint is to review the current knowledge on saliva analyses and its recent methods of sampling.

[发布日期] 2006-01-01

[关键词] saliva;sampling techniques;biomarker;non-invasive analysis