Taste thresholds and suprathreshold responses to tannin-rich plant extracts and quinine in a primate species (Microcebus murinus)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2315-2326

  Iaconelli, S ^a   Simmen, B ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Diet flexibility; Feeding deterrent; Primate; Tannins; Taste

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; QUININE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ALKALOID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIMATE; TANNIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; INSECTIVORE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PRECIPITATION; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, TOXIC; QUININE; TANNINS; TASTE THRESHOLD;

ANIMALIA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; HEXAPODA; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0036856961     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021061602368     Document Type: Article

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