Distribution of non-tasters for phenylthiocarbamide and high sensitivity to quinine hydrochloride of the non-tasters in Japanese

Chemical Senses

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 547-551

  Sato, Toshihide ^a   Okada, Yukio ^a   Miyamoto, Takenori ^a   Fujiyama, Rie ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; PHENYLTHIOUREA; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TASTE; TONGUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHENYLTHIOUREA; QUININE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TASTE;

EID: 0030824627     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/22.5.547     Document Type: Article

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