Mixing taste illusions: The effect of miraculin on binary and trinary mixtures

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-61

  Capitanio, Antonella ^a   Lucci, Giuliana ^a   Tommasi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOPHYSICAL; SWEET TASTE; TRINARY MIXTURES; VARIABLE EFFECTS;

CITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BINARY MIXTURES;

SYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM;

EID: 79251630262     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2010.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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