Individual differences in perceived bitterness predict liking of sweeteners

Chemical Senses

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 803-810

  Kamerud, Jennifer K ^a   Delwiche, Jeannine F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterness; Liking; PROP; Sweeteners; Sweetness

Indexed keywords

6 N PROPYL 3 THIOURACIL; ASPARTAME; CYCLAMATE SODIUM; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SACCHARIN; SUCRALOSE; SUCROSE; THAUMATIN; THIOURACIL DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SWEETNESS; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

EID: 37149023124     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm050     Document Type: Article

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