Reinvestigation of the bitter compounds In carrots (Daucus carota l.) by using a molecular sensory science approach

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 10252-10260

  Schmiech, Ludger ^a   Uemura, Daisuke ^b,c   Hofmann, Thomas ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT FÜR LEBENSMITTELCHEMIE   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

angeloyl tovarol; angeloyloxy latifolone; Bitter taste; Carrots; Epilaserine; Epilaserine oxide; Laserine; Laserine oxide; Sensometabolites; Sensometabolome

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA;

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARROT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; MALE; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY;

ADULT; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DAUCUS CAROTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 58149348418     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8023358     Document Type: Article

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