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Table 1.

Analytes detected in saliva

Analyte	Examples	References
Hormones		[17, 19]
Steroids	cortisol, androgens, (testosterone), estriol, estrogen, progesterone, aldosterone, DHEAS	[7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29]
Antibodies	IgG, IgA, sIgA, IgM	[7, 22, 29]
Growth Factors	EGF, NGF, VEGF, IGF	[30, 31, 32, 33, 34]
Cytokines and Chemokines	IL-1 beta,IL-8, IL-6, MCP-1, CX3CL1, GRO-1 alpha, troponin I, TNF alpha	[35, 36, 37, 38, 39]
Nucleic Acids	human DNA, microbial DNA, mRNA, siRNA, micro RNA (miR-125a and miR-200a)	[9, 40, 41, 42, 43]
Proteins	100’s-1,000s	[44, 45, 46]
Drugs	drugs of abuse (NIDA 5), ethanol, therapeutic drugs, anticonvulsants, antipyretic/analgesics, anti- neoplastic agents, anti- bacterial agents, bronchodilators, cotinine	[47, 48, 49, 50]