Abstract
Comparative studies of the salivary glands and salivary electrolytes of man and marmoset ( Callithrix jacchus) show that: (1) Marmoset salivary glands differ from human salivary glands both in the relative size of the parotid and submandibular and in the histologic structure of the submandibular and sublingual. (2) Marmoset saliva differs significantly from human saliva in flow rate, pH, buffer capacity and in sodium, bicarbonate, calcium and phosphate concentration. (3) Interspecies differences in the chemical characteristics of pilocarpine stimulated human and marmoset saliva are much more pronounced than intraspecies differences between paraffin and pilocarpine activated human saliva. (4) In both man and marmoset there is a significant relationship between flow rate and saliva sodium level and between buffer capacity and saliva bicarbonate concentration.
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