I am going to set up an in vitro bacterial survivability experiment. To do this, I have to make an artificial environment like human nasal mucus. Major components of mucus are large glycoproteins called mucins and inorganic salts suspended in water.
I already bought commercial mucin (porcine stomach type 2) from Sigma-Aldrich. It is soluble in 1 M NaOH (20 mg/mL).
I do not know the average concentration of mucin in human or animal nasal mucus. I searched literature a bit about this but unable to get exact answer.
It would be a great help for me if somebody share information about this or give me some evidence.
Kind Regards
Zohorul
Hello , I am just curious if you have found a solution to your problem? Best
Could you cite the article? In many articles I have seen that it was around 1%-5% but a more detailed information would be much better.
Thanks again
Hi Can you share the recipe for the artificial nasal mucus you made?
I am trying to make something similar with Mucin from porcine stomach and am not able to succeed
Md Zohorul Islam I know it's been a few years but any chance you could share the average mucin concentration in nasal mucus or the journal article you found? I've been looking but have not found an adequate answer.
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