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Morphology, histology and histochemistry of the ventral buccal salivary glands of the Arabian camel ( Camelus dromedarius )
Author(s) -
Taib N. T.,
Jarrar B. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02590.x
Subject(s) - biology , serous fluid , myoepithelial cell , histology , alkaline phosphatase , anatomy , glycogen , amylase , dorsum , salivary gland , immunohistochemistry , endocrinology , enzyme , biochemistry , genetics , immunology
Morphometric, histological and histochemical investigations were carried out on the ventral buccal salivary glands of the Arabian camel ( Camelus dromedarius ). The ventral part (inferior molar gland) is composed of serous acini with abundant myoepithelial cells and the dorsal part of the gland comprises mucoserous acini. The serous acini are devoid of any type of mucosubstances while the mucoserous cells of the dorsal part show neutral glycoproteins and sialomucins but neither glycogen nor sulfomucins. The histoenzymological tests employed have detected alkaline phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase, succinic dehydrogenase, non‐specific esterases and α‐amylase but no activities for aminopeptidase, lipase, cholinesterases and β‐glucuronidase.