| abstract |
The present invention relates to a method for examining human saliva by using sugar chains specific to human saliva. Mass spectrometry was performed by using N-glycan isolation and purification on human body fluids including human saliva, rat saliva, and the like, and results showed that human saliva is distinguished from other human body fluids or saliva of other animals by being composed of at least 50% highly fucosylated N-glycans including at least 4 fucoses, and thus the present invention can be applied to the field of forensics and the like. |