1.
Lysozyme — an enzyme that kills certain bacteria and prevents overgrowth of bacteria in the mouth;
2.
Histatins — simple proteins present in human saliva that ward off infections and also help skin cells close over a wound; and
3.
Nerve growth factor — a protein that one study found to cut a wound’s healing time in half. However, another study by biochemist Menno Oudhoff of the University of Amsterdam found that the amount of growth factors in human saliva, at least, wasn’t high enough to actually have a therapeutic effect on scratched skin.
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1.
Lysozyme — an enzyme that kills certain bacteria and prevents overgrowth of bacteria in the mouth;
2.
Histatins — simple proteins present in human saliva that ward off infections and also help skin cells close over a wound; and
3.
Nerve growth factor — a protein that one study found to cut a wound’s healing time in half. However, another study by biochemist Menno Oudhoff of the University of Amsterdam found that the amount of growth factors in human saliva, at least, wasn’t high enough to actually have a therapeutic effect on scratched skin.
Spoiler
1.
Lysozyme — an enzyme that kills certain bacteria and prevents overgrowth of bacteria in the mouth;
2.
Histatins — simple proteins present in human saliva that ward off infections and also help skin cells close over a wound; and
3.
Nerve growth factor — a protein that one study found to cut a wound’s healing time in half. However, another study by biochemist Menno Oudhoff of the University of Amsterdam found that the amount of growth factors in human saliva, at least, wasn’t high enough to actually have a therapeutic effect on scratched skin.
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