Open AccessPyruvic acid levels in serum and saliva: A new course for oral cancer screening?
Author(s) -
Manohara Bhat,
K V V Prasad,
Dheeraj J. Trivedi,
BR Rajeev,
Hemanth Battur
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.180955
Subject(s) - saliva , pyruvic acid , mann–whitney u test , medicine , cancer , glycolysis , statistical analysis , significant difference , anaerobic glycolysis , gastroenterology , metabolism , statistics , mathematics
Cancerous cells show increased glycolysis rate. This will increase overall levels of pyruvate as it is one of the end products of glycolysis. The present on-going study is to estimate the levels of pyruvate in saliva and serum among healthy and oral cancer subjects.