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PYY in Saliva: A Non-Invasive Way to Measure the Satiety Hormone?

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The takeaway

PYY was detected in human saliva with potential as a non-invasive biomarker for satiety status, bypassing blood draws — salivary appetite hormone monitoring.

Key finding

PYY was detected in human saliva with potential as a non-invasive biomarker for satiety status, bypassing blood draws — salivary appetite hormone moni

What the researchers found

PYY was detected in human saliva with potential as a non-invasive biomarker for satiety status, bypassing blood draws — salivary appetite hormone monitoring.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2011.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
PYY in Saliva: A Non-Invasive Way to Measure the Satiety Hormone?
What was found?
PYY was detected in human saliva with potential as a non-invasive biomarker for satiety status, bypassing blood draws — salivary appetite hormone monitoring.

Read the original research

Salivary PYY: a putative bypass to satiety.

PloS one, 6(10), e26137

Citation

Acosta, Andres; Hurtado, Maria D; Gorbatyuk, Oleg; La Sala, Michael; Duncan, David; Aslanidi, George; Campbell-Thompson, Martha; Zhang, Lei; Herzog, Herbert; Voutetakis, Antonis; Baum, Bruce J; Zolotukhin, Sergei. (2011). Salivary PYY: a putative bypass to satiety.. PloS one, 6(10), e26137. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026137