Stevia and saccharin preferences in rats and mice

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 433-443

  Sclafani, Anthony ^a,b   Bahrani, Mahsa ^a   Zukerman, Steven ^a,b   Ackroff, Karen ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J mice; Noncaloric sweeteners; Rebaudioside A; Sprague Dawley rats; Stevia rebaudiana; Sweet taste receptor; T1R3

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; CYCLAMATE SODIUM; ERYTHRITOL; REBAUDIOSIDE A; SACCHARIN; STEVIOSIDE; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; FEMALE; LICKING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; STEVIA; SWEETNESS; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTAME; CYCLAMATES; DITERPENES, KAURANE; DRINKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACCHARIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEVIA; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 77953886514     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq033     Document Type: Article

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