Research Article

Salivary Protein Profile and Food Intake: A Dietary Pattern Analysis

Table 3

Proteins present in the bands observed in SDS-PAGE salivary profiles.

SDS-PAGE BandProtein identification#Apparent molecular mass (kDa)

APolymeric immunoglobulin receptor88.0
BSerum albumin71.0
Cα-Amylase 164.0
Dα-Amylase 158.2
Eα-Amylase 155.0
FZinc-α2-glycoprotein42.0
Carbonic anhydrase VI
GZymogen granule protein 16 homolog B31.5
Immunoglobulin kappa constant
HImmunoglobulin kappa constant27.0
I1Prolactin inducible protein (PIP)16.8
I2Prolactin inducible protein (PIP)16.2
JCystatin-SN14.5
Cystatin-S
KCystatin B14.1

Protein identification based on previous studies with human saliva collected in the same conditions.