Natural compounds that can stimulate salivary secretion are of interest in developing treatments for xerostomia, the perception of a dry mouth, that affects between 10 and 30% of the adult and elderly population. Chemesthetic transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are expressed in the surface ...
Comparing the expression profiles of the genes in response to 17b-estradiol (E2) and capsaicinoids (capsaicin (CAP), dihydrocapsaicin (DHCAP), nordihydrocapsaicin (NDHCAP), nonivamide (NV))