2007-11-15 04:55:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Saliva is a secretion which contains 98% water and very little traces of minerals. Why it is not salty? It has low high concentrations of sodium and chloride. The flow of secretion of saliva is low so formation of sodium chloride from sodium and chloride ions reaction is also too low. Sodium chloride is supposedly the compound that that could give it a salty taste.
How we determine taste? To have a taste in any substance, chemicals from its content must first dissolve in saliva. Once dissolved, such chemicals are detected by receptors on taste buds. In saliva, its chemicals has been dissolved and is a part of its contents. However, the chemicals in it that can give a salty taste is in a VERY VERY LOW near to NONE concentration and is very well diluted.
Other body fluids especially the SWEAT contains high concentrations of sodium and chloride. A low potassium ions plus the FAST flow of secretion allows active formation of sodium chloride. The fast water evaporation in sweat contents leaves concentrated salt behind,making it more salty. Some other body fluids also have very low salt content.
Anyway, if you can find a way to let some of the water content of the SALIVA to evaporate then you may be able to taste some "saltiness" in it better. AND....try to keep a saliva for sometime at the tip of your tongue - concentrate and you can tell that indeed it contain some amount of salt. TRY NOW TO CHECK OUT.
2007-11-15 13:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salty Saliva
2016-10-13 09:36:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, semen is not salty. It contains the sugar fructose.
Second, sodium is a precious commodity for the body. So the body has a vested interest in saving salt and keeping it in the body. If you look at a lot of excreted body fluids, most of them of hypotonic and have low salt levels. The low salt levels has nothing to do with interferring with taste or food breakdown in the mouth. So basically, saliva doesn't have salt in it because the body needs to preserve sodium.
2007-11-15 09:05:39 · answer #3 · answered by dwp_hornblower 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ideally, saliva shouldn't have any taste at all. If it tasted salty, it would just interfere with your ability to taste salty foods. Sweat and urine is salty because your body needs to excrete excess salt somehow. Semen is supposedly salty, well I'm not too sure why that is, it probably has something to do with nutrient requirements of the sperm.
There really is no reason for saliva to be salty. It does need to help break down food and bacteria in your mouth, neither of which requires salt, only enzymes.
2007-11-15 08:00:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-25 10:17:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋