Zinc deficiency and taste dysfunction; contribution of carbonic anhydrase, a zinc-metalloenzyme, to normal taste sensation

BioFactors

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 65-70

  Komai, Michio ^a   Goto, Tomoko ^a   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^b   Takeda, Tomohiko ^a   Furukawa, Yuji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase; Rat; Taste dysfunction; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TASTE DISORDER; TONGUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; CHORDA;

EID: 0034492434     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520120111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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