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Salivary alpha-amylase, produced by the salivary glands, is the main enzyme present in saliva (Ekström, Khosravani, Castagnola, & Messana, 2012). The salivary glands and salivary alpha-amylase production can be influenced by many factors, including circadian rhythms, sex, age, stress, medication, tobacco and alcohol, as well as menstrual cycle (Alagendran, Archunan, Armando, & Guzman, 2010; Rohleder & Nater, 2009). There are reports of the inefficacy of saliva from menstruated women to digest glycogen in histochemical stains. However papers studying the relationship between salivary alpha-amylase activity and the menstrual cycle do not have consensual results.
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Pereira, A. R., & Frutuoso, A. (2015). Salivary alpha-amylase activity variation along the menstrual cycle. In R. A. Silva, P. Baylina, F. Q. Vieira, C. Barrias, M. Rubim, T. Coelho, C. Prudêncio, & Â. Jesus (Eds.), II Congresso Internacional da Saúde Gaia Porto: Livro de Resumos (1st ed., Vol. 1, pp. 145). Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Instituto Politécnico do Porto.
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Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Instituto Politécnico do Porto