Biochemical parameters of saliva and blood in vegetarians practicing yoga

The researchers studied dependence of dental hard tissue resistance on the level of total and ionized calcium and alkaline phosphotase activity. The activity of the latter is connected with the activity of epithelial cells and sialoducti. Also, the dependence of dental hard tissue resistance on the content of lysozyme in saliva was demonstrated. The action of lysozyme causes lysis of the bacterial wall, i.e. lysozyme was bactericidal.
During the study, the level of total and ionized calcium in all samples increased and reached normal values of 1.2-1.6 mmol/l and 1.5-5.0 mmol/l, respectively. Alkaline phosphotase activity decreased to 298-1810 nmol/l (normal values are 900-1900 nmol/l), the content of lysozyme increased to 12.1-18.2 mmg/l (normal values are 8-18 mmg/ ml). Hygiene index was 1.2±0.03 (a good one), caries intensity index was 12.0±0.3 before the study and 12.0±0.3 after it, but the proportion of K component in both cases was the same, i.e. the activity of caries process in vegetarians practicing yoga did not change during the year.