TY - JOUR ID - TI - Ovulation detection through salivary levels of sialic acid and glycosaminoglycans AU - Rand M. Al-khafagy رند الخفاجي AU - Sahar H. Al-Ani سحر العاني AU - Ali Y.Majid علي ماجد PY - 2012 VL - 24 IS - 2 SP - 66 EP - 69 JO - Journal of baghdad college of dentistry مجلة كلية طب الاسنان بغداد SN - 18171869 23115270 AB - Background: One in ten couples of reproductive age encounter some level of infertility. Identification of the periodof ovulation in humans is critical in the treatment of infertility. Success in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer hasbeen associated with the exact time of ovulation. Saliva is a unique diagnostic fluid, the composition of whichimmediately reflects the sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, hypothalamic- pitutaryadrenalaxis and immune system response to stress. The study aims at evaluating the changes in salivary sialic acidand Glycosaminoglycans in the regular menstrual cycle. Thus, the presence of these carbohydrates in the ovulatorysaliva makes the possibility to develop a biomarker for the detection of ovulation by noninvasive methods.Subjects, materials and methods: Randomly, seventy five volunteer females were recruited and divided into 5groups; each contains 15 subjects as follow: Nine years old females and postmenopausal females as control groups,pre-ovulatory period, ovulatory period and post-ovulatory period females as experimental groups. Each female, ofthe experimental groups, underwent sonographic examination to estimate her period regarding ovulation.Unstimulated whole saliva was collected using the spitting method. Colorimetric procedure was used for total sialicacid determination and for Glycosaminoglycans quantitative determination, the method of ELISA was used.Results: The concentration of sialic acid was significantly decreased in saliva of females in the ovulatory phase of themenstrual cycle; whereas, a significant increase in salivary sialic acid concentration was in the post-ovulatory phase.Glycosaminoglycan concentration showed a gradual increase from the pre-ovulatory phase then ovulatory to reachits maximum in the post-ovulatory phase with a significant difference between the pre-ovulatory and post-ovulatoryphases. A significant correlation was not found between sialic acid and Glycosaminoglycans in different studygroups.Conclusions: On the basis of the results arrived at, the study concluded that there are remarkable cyclic variations insialic acid and glycosaminoglycans during the menstrual cycle but in conclusion, glycosaminoglycans and sialicacid salivary levels cannot be used for the precise prediction of ovulation

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