Within the past 10years, the use of saliva as a diagnostic tool has gained considerable
attention and become a well-accepted method. As a diagnostic fluid, saliva offers superiority …

Conventional adult dosage forms are often not suitable for the paediatric and geriatric
populations due to either swallowing difficulties or patient repulsion and a requirement for …

Saliva is a readily accessible and informative biofluid, making it ideal for the early detection
of a wide range of diseases including cardiovascular, renal, and autoimmune diseases, viral …

Oxidative stress plays a key role in breast cancer progression. However, little is still known
about the relationship between the BRCA1 mutation, the incidence of breast cancer and oral …

The aim of the work was to study the metabolic characteristics of saliva in breast cancer and
the subsequent assessment of the potential information content of its individual biochemical …

Human saliva offers many advantages over other biofluids regarding its use and value as a
bioanalytical medium for the identification and prognostic monitoring of human diseases …

Background Salivary glutathione (GSH), malondialdehyde (MDA), protein, sialic acid (SA)
levels, cytological parameters, and tissue factor activities (TFa) were investigated when fresh …

The association between periodontal and cardiovascular disease has received
considerable attention. Studies have demonstrated a higher incidence of atherosclerotic …

NB The content of this Chapter of the thesis is modified from the publication by Gittings et al.,
2015 [202] in which I was the leading author. The oral cavity as a dissolution site is often …

Saliva samples are often required to be stored for longer periods of time either because of
the project protocol or because of lack of funding for analysis. The effects of 6 months …