Is fructose sweeter than glucose for rats?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1299-1306

  Ramirez, Israel ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Preference; Sham feeding; Sugars; Sweet

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SACCHARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM FEEDING; SWEETNESS; TASTE;

EID: 0343371333     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00259-4     Document Type: Article

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