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Priscol, 54, 58, 61, 85, 123, 136 



Privine, 86 



Proline in saliva, 185 



Propionamide, 188 



Protease, 32, 106 



Protein, in saliva, 169, 18 1-2 



dependence of secretory rate, 

 182-3, 221 



synthesis, 182, 185, 233-4 

 Pyridin, 75 



Quinidine, 75 



Regitine, 73 



Resting potential of gland cells, 

 199-206 

 secretion, 98, 142 

 Ribonucleic acid, 23-5, 234 



Scopolamine, 82 

 Sialic acid, 174-5, *77 

 Sialomucins, 173, 176, 179 

 Silk glands, 267 

 Snake venom, 270 

 Sodium, content of saliva, 145, 152, 

 212, 253 

 after adrenal corticoids, 152, 

 163, 220 

 adrenaline, 147, 219 

 arterial injection 214-17 

 content of glands, 205, 208 

 transient, 212 

 Spontaneous secretion, 38, 49, 52, 

 94, 96, 103-4, 112, 257, 261 

 effect of cyanide, 97, 101 

 of vasoconstriction, 124 

 on sensitivity to drugs, 100, 



function, 99 



mechanism, 99 

 Stilboestrol, 31 

 Striated ducts, 10, 22-3, 196 

 Sublingual gland, arteries, 15 



electrogram, 58, 199 



embryology, 30 



innervation, 41, 195 



isolated preparation, 96 



maximum rate of secretion, 140 



paralytic secretion, 113 



saliva, bicarbonate, 145-6 

 chloride, 153 

 iodide, 156 



osmolyte concentration, 142 

 pH, 144 

 potassium, 150 

 sodium, 152 

 spontaneous secretion, 95 

 Submaxillary gland, antilytic secre- 

 tion, 115 

 arteries, 15 

 control, 131, 239 

 electrogram, 41, 199 

 embryology, 30-1 

 glucose utilization, 128, 231 

 innervation, 42, 48, 50, 61, 64 

 maximum rate of secretion, 42, 



55-6, 83, 106, 140 

 oxygen consumption, 134, 229 

 paralytic secretion, 1 12-13 

 saliva, amylase, 178 

 bicarbonate, 145-7 

 blood group substances, 176 

 calcium, 161 

 chloride, 153, 155 

 iodide, 156, 159 

 kallikrein, 180 

 lysozyme, 179 

 magnesium, 161 

 osmolyte concentration, 142 

 pH, 144 



potassium, 149-50 

 protein, 169-71, 184 

 spontaneous secretion, 96 

 supersensitivity, 107 

 Sucrose, 219 

 Sulphate, 215 

 Sulphonamides, 188 

 Supersensitivity, caused by dener- 

 vation, 47, 54, 58-9, 62, 

 106-9, 112 

 by ganglion blocking drugs, 



109-10 

 by parasympatholytic drugs, 

 63-4, 81, 109 

 in human glands, 65 

 of salivary ganglion, 108 

 Sympathectomy, effect on activity 

 of amine oxidase, 60, 105 

 of cholinesterase ; 112 

 on content of adrenaline, 106 

 on sensitivity to drugs, 54, 59, 



64, 84, 100-13 

 on structure, 104 

 pain during meals, 66 

 Synephrin, 83 



