“…The radioactivity in the submaxillary gland was higher than that of the mucous salivary glands such as sublingual, palatine and lingual glands. The same findings were reported for N-acetylneuraminic acid (31) which is the other main terminal carbohydrate of glycoproteins, but in the case of glucose, markedly higher radioactivity was observed in the mucous salivary glands (29,42).…”