Induction of salivary gurmarin-binding proteins in rats fed Gymnema-containing diets

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-392

  Katsukawa, Hideo ^a   Imoto, Toshiaki ^b   Ninomiya, Yuzo ^a  

^a ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GURMARIN; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; CHORDA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; GYMNEMA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE;

EID: 0032767309     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.4.387     Document Type: Article

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