abstract |
Saliva substitute that has chemical, rheological and physiological properties similar to those of natural human saliva, which contains egg white and at least one substance that allows to regulate the viscosity between 1 and 5 poises and the foamy capacity, in which said at least a substance that allows to regulate the viscosity and the foaming capacity is a high molecular weight polymer, and / or hyaluronic acid and / or a polyol, said high molecular weight polymer is chosen from the group consisting of: sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, guar gum, xanthan gum, arabic gum, alginic acid and derivatives, carboxy-vinyl polymers, carbomers, macrogols, polyethylene glycol, gelatin, povidone and pectins, and said polyol is sorbitol or mannitol. |