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IT is frequently stated in general zoological literature that rabbit saliva contains an enzyme capable of hydrolysing starch to sugar. There is, however, so far, very little published experimental work to substantiate this statement. In fact, Schwartz and Rasp1 were of the opinion that it was doubtful whether rabbit saliva contains a starch splitting enzyme of any kind. The low diastatic activity which they estimated, they were inclined to attribute to enzymes inherent in the food of the animal. Dukes2 accepts this statement in a summary of recent work on the physiology of digestion.
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C. Schwartz and F. Rasp, Fermentforsch., 9, p. 50 (1926).
H. H. Dukes, J. Amer. Vet. Assoc., ii, 30, 225 (1930).
E. Pozerski, Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., 97 (35), 1592–4.
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THOMAS, I. Diastase in Rabbit Saliva. Nature 138, 1015–1016 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/1381015b0
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