Nontasters, tasters, and supertasters of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and hedonic response to sweet

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 649-655

  Drewnowski, Adam ^a   Henderson, Susan Ahlstrom ^a   Shore, Amy Beth ^a   Barratt Fornell, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

6 n Propylthiouracil (PROP); Genetic taste markers; Hedonic preference; Intensity scaling; Nontasters; Sucrose; Supertasters; Tasters

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0342981453     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00193-5     Document Type: Article

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