Capsaicin as a probe of the relationship between bitter taste and chemesthesis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 811-821

  Green, Barry G ^a   Hayes, John E ^a  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterness; Capsaicin; Chemesthesis; Individual differences; Psychophysics; Taste

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE SULFATE; SACCHARIN; SUCROSE; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BURNING SENSATION; CHEMESTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TONGUE;

EID: 0042233629     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00213-0     Document Type: Article

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