Responses to repeated oral irritation by capsaicin, cinnamaldehyde and ethanol in PROP tasters and non-tasters

Chemical Senses

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-246

  Prescott, John ^a   Swain Campbell, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAPSAICIN; CINNAMALDEHYDE; IRRITANT AGENT; MENTHOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; ZINGERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0034041476     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/25.3.239     Document Type: Article

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