Thermodynamic roles of solubility in taste responses of amino acids

Chemical Senses

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-409

  Yamanaka, Tohr ^a,b  

^a TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; ENTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TASTE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029792784     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/21.4.405     Document Type: Article

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