Astringency: Mechanisms and perception

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 858-875

  Bajec, Martha R ^a   Pickering, Gary J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astringency; Behavior; Oral; Physiology; Saliva; Sensory; Taste

Indexed keywords

ASTRINGENT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; FOOD; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TASTE;

ASTRINGENTS; BEVERAGES; FOOD; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; TASTE;

EID: 51749113360     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390701724223     Document Type: Article

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