A complex relationship among chemical concentration, detection threshold, and suprathreshold intensity of bitter compounds

Chemical Senses

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-253

  Keast, Russell S J ^a   Roper, Jessica ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bitter taste; Caffeine; Individual differences; Propylthiouracil; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; CAFFEINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 34247166276     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjl052     Document Type: Article

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