Salivary caffeine in Parkinson’s disease

Abstract We aimed to investigate salivary caffeine content, caffeine absorption and metabolism in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and verify whether salivary caffeine can be used as a biomarker of PD. We enrolled 98 PD patients and 92 healthy subjects. Caffeine and its major metabolite, paraxanthine, were...

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Main Authors: Giorgio Leodori, Maria Ilenia De Bartolo, Daniele Belvisi, Alessia Ciogli, Andrea Fabbrini, Matteo Costanzo, Simone Manetto, Antonella Conte, Claudio Villani, Giovanni Fabbrini, Alfredo Berardelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89168-6