Since it was discovered that the human saliva could be classified by using the serological characteristics of Sophola japonica extract, agglutination inhibition tests of phytagglutinin, Sophola japonica , and human red blood cells were carried out, us...
Since it was discovered that the human saliva could be classified by using the serological characteristics of Sophola japonica extract, agglutination inhibition tests of phytagglutinin, Sophola japonica , and human red blood cells were carried out, using 300 human saliva specimens. The relationship of the newly classified saliva types with the established saliva, blood, and serum types was compared statistically.
The results obtained could be summarized as follows :
1. Human saliva could be classified into two groups. One group inhibited the agglutination activity of Sophola japonica extract to human red blood cells and the other did not. Among the investigated 300 human saliva specimens, the frequency of the former was 21% and the latter was 79%.
2. The classification and distribution of new saliva types, inhibitor and non-inhibitor, showed no constant relation with those of the known saliva types, secretor and non-secretor, and the saliva types which were classified by the agglutination inhibition pattern of Sophola japonzca extract and human blood cells.
3. The classification and distribution of the new saliva types showed no constant relation with those of the known blood groups, such as ABO, MN, H and Cl, respectively.
4. There was no serological relationship between the human serum types classified by IPO, NPO and ICO, NCO with phytagglutinin mentioned above.