Occurrence of a nonsulfated chondroitin proteoglycan in the dried saliva of Collocalia swiftlets (edible bird's-nest)

• Main Authors: Nakagawa H., Hama Y., Sumi T., Li S.-C., Maskos K., Kalayanamitra K., Mizumoto S., Sugahara K., Li Y.-T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846556947&partnerID=40&md5=d44594397e1ba7db805e494940bee7e2; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2274
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Despite their wide occurrence, proteoglycans (PGs) have never been isolated from the saliva of higher animals. We found that the Collocalia glycoproteins isolated from edible birds'-nests (the dried forms of regurgitated saliva of male Collocalia swiftlets) were rich in a PG containing nonsulfa...