PROP (6-n-propylthiouracil) supertasters and the saltiness of NaCl

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 855, Issue , 1998, Pages 793-796

  Bartoshuk, Linda M ^a   Duffy, Valerie B ^a   Lucchina, Laurie A ^a   Prutkin, Jordan ^a   Fast, Katharine ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHORDA TYMPANI; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

CHORDA; COCCUS VIRIDIS;

EID: 0032452011     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10660.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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