Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:07:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-10-28; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Background: Leptin has been measured in human in saliva samples. However, the low leptin concentration found in this biological fluid makes necessary the use of high sensitive methods. To the authors' knowledge, leptin has not been me...