Section of olfactory mucous with Bowman's glands
Bowman's glands are tubular-alveolar glands present in the olfactory mucous membrane.
These glands, through short tubers, secrete a serous mucus that is intended to protect and maintain moisture on the surface of the olfactory mucous membrane. Bowman's gland secretion should contain proteins such as lysozyme, IgA, IgM, lactoferrin, amylase, although the exact composition is still unclear. It would also be a solvent for odorous substances, thanks to an odorant binding protein (OBP) which, by binding to them, would transport them to olfactory cell receptors. Stored by wikitesto In 1843, Sir William Bowman (1816-1892), along with Richard B. Todd (1809-1860), described pigmented glands that, a few years later, Kölliker (1817-1905) called Bowman's glands. Notemodify wikitesto Voices correlateemodify wikitesto
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