Thermogravimetry study on the water in secretory tissues of rabbit

Isothermic and dynamic thermogravimetry was applied to rabbit parotid and submandibular glands to quantitate and characterize the water present inside them. Isothermic thermogravimetry demonstrated that at 95 degrees C a quota of water is still present in the samples. Dynamic thermogravimetry evidenced that temperatures higher than 200 degrees C are required for the release of the highest energy bound water from both glands. In addition during present research it was found that submandibular gland, an organ considered histologically homogenenous, reveals an heterogeneous distribution of water.