Salivary changes in solution pH: A source of individual differences in sour taste perception

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 221-227

  Christensen, Carol M ^a   Brand, Joseph G ^a,b   Malamud, Daniel ^b  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acids; Individual differences; Saliva; Salivary buffers; Sour taste; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SOUR TASTE; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SALIVA; SUCROSE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0023220494     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(87)90211-3     Document Type: Article

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