Table 1.

Gland mass and salivary flux in the control (CTL) and the dexamethasone-treated rats (DEX)

	CTL	DEX
Gland mass (mg)
Parotid	927.8 ± 53.2	655.7 ± 22.2*
Submandubular	475.1 ± 16.6	397.2 ± 3.1*
Salivary flux (μl/min)	15.8 ± 0.24	9.8 ± 0.06*

 Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 5). * P < 0.050 vs. CTL.