Short-term effects of sweetened acidic beverages consumption on human saliva: Colloidal properties and protein composition

Samina Zaheer; Ben Kew; Chris Louca; Sassan Hafizi; Anwesha Sarkar; Mahdi Mutahar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330023

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Short-term effects of sweetened acidic beverages consumption on human saliva: Colloidal properties and protein composition

Samina Zaheer,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Dental, Health and Care Professions, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Ben Kew,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Food Colloids and Bioprocessing Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Chris Louca,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Dental, Health and Care Professions, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Sassan Hafizi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cell and Molecular Biology department, Faculty of Science & Health, School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Anwesha Sarkar,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Food Colloids and Bioprocessing Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Mahdi Mutahar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mahdi.mutahar@port.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Dental, Health and Care Professions, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4036-5931

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Short-term effects of sweetened acidic beverages consumption on human saliva: Colloidal properties and protein composition

Samina Zaheer,
Ben Kew,
Chris Louca,
Sassan Hafizi,
Anwesha Sarkar,
Mahdi Mutahar

Published: September 3, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330023

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