Studies on the Antibacterial Action of Human Saliva

Dold, H. : The Antibacterial Function of the Saliva, South African D. J. 8: 415, 1934.

Thompson, R. , and Shibuya, M. : The Inhibitory Action of Saliva on the Diphtheria Bacillus: The Antibiotic Effect of Salivary Streptococci, J. Bact. 51: 671, 1946.

Thompson, R. , and Johnson, A. : The Inhibitory Action of Saliva on the Diphtheria Bacillus: Hydrogen Peroxide, the Inhibitory Agent Produced by Salivary Streptococci, J. Infect. Dis. 88: 81, 1951.

Bethege, J. , Soehring, K. , and Tschesche, R. : Ueber die Rolle des Wasserstoff-Peroxyds bei der Inhibition nach Dold, Ztschr . Naturforsch. 2b: 12, 1947.

Hegemann, F. : Weitere Untersuchungsergebnisse iiber die Natur des von mennschlichen Speichelkokken erzeugten antibakteriellen Stoffes, Ztschr . Hyg. Infektionskr. 131: 355, 1950.

Bartels, H.A. , Bleehman, H. , and Cavallaro, J. : The Inhibitory Action of Saliva on the In Vitro Growth of Beta Hemolytic Streptococci, J. D. Res. 37: 654, 1958.

Fleming, A. : On a Remarkable Bacteriolytic Element Found in Tissues and Secretions, Proc . Roy. Soc. (Lond.) B 93: 306, 1922.

Hoerman, K.C. , Englander, H.R. , and Shklair, I.L. : Lysozyme: Its Characteristics in Human Parotid and Submaxillo-Lingual Saliva, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 92: 875, 1956.

Clough, O.W. , Bibby, B.G. , and Berry, G.P. : The Effect of Saliva on Lactobacillus Acidophilus , J. D. Res. 17: 493, 1938.

Zeldow, B.J. : Antibacterial Activity of Mixed and Parotid Human Saliva. A Preliminary Report, J. D. Res. 34: 737, 1955.

Kerr, A.C. , and Wedderburn, D.L. : Antibacterial Factors in the Secretions of Human Parotid and Submaxillary Glands, Brit. D. J. 105: 321, 1958.

Hill, T.J. : A Salivary Factor Which Influences the Growth of L. Acidophilus and Is an Expression of Susceptibility or Resistance to Dental Caries, J. A. D. A. 26: 239, 1939.

Green, G.E. , and Dodd, M.C. : Studies of an Anti-Lactobacillus Factor in Caries-Immune Human Saliva, I. A. D. R. 35: 61, Abstract 157, 1957.

Rogosa, M. , Mitchell, J.A. , and Wiseman, R.F. : A Selective Medium for the Isolation and Enumeration of Oral and Fecal Lactobacilli , J. Bact. 62: 132, 1951.

Bender, I.B. , Pressman, R.S. , and Tashman, S.G. : Studies on Excretion of Antibiotics in Human Saliva. I. Penicillin and Streptomycin, J. A. D. A. 46: 164, 1953.

Bender, I.B. , Pressman, R.S. , and Tashman, S.G. : Studies on Excretion of Antibiotics in Human Saliva. II. Chloramphenicol, J. D. Res. 32: 287, 1953.

Bender, I.B. , Pressman, R.S. , and Tashman, S.G. : Studies on Excretion of Antibiotics in Human Saliva. III. Aureomycin, J. D. Res. 32: 435, 1953.

Lashley, K.S. : The Human Salivary Reflex and Its Use in Psychology, Psychol. Rev. 23: 466, 1916.

Hickey, M.J. : Personal communication.

Sicher, H. : Personal communication.

Durrum, E.L. , Smith, E.R.B. , and Jetton , M.R. : Simple-Multiple-Sample Dialyzer, Science 120: 956, 1954.

Fischer, E.H. , and Stein, E.A. : Methodes perfectionnees de purification et de cristallisation d'a-amylases, Arch. Sc. ( Geneva) 7: 131, 1954.

Pillemer, L. , Blum, L. , Lepow, I.H. , Ross, O. , Todd, E. , and Wardlaw, A. : The Properdin System and Immunity: I. Demonstration and Isolation of a New Serum Protein, Properdin, and Its Role in Immune Phenomena, Science 120: 279 1954.

Jacox, R.F. : The Activating Effect of Calcium on a Bactericidal Substance for Bacillus Subtilis in Human Serum, J. Exper. Med. 92: 101, 1950.

Myrvik, Q. , and Weiser, R. : Studies on Antibacterial Factors in Mammalian Tissues and Fluids. I. A Serum Bactericidin for Bacillus Subtilis, J. Immunol. 74: 9 1955.

Tillett, W.S. : The Bactericidal Action of Human Serum on Hemolytic Streptococci, J. Exper. Med. 65: 147, 1937.