Taste responsiveness to food-associated acids in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1623-1632

  Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidic compounds; Gustatory preference thresholds; Saimiri sciureus; Squirrel monkey; Taste sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; MALIC ACID; SUCROSE; TANNIN;

FOOD SELECTION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0032811133     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020845001504     Document Type: Article

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