Comparison of the effects of concentration, pH and anion species on astringency and sourness of organic acids

Chemical Senses

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-349

  Sowalsky, Richard A ^a   Noble, Ann C ^b  

^a Robert Mondavi Winery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; CITRIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE;

EID: 0031748755     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/23.3.343     Document Type: Article

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