The impact of bitter perception and genotypic variation of TAS2R38 on food choice

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-33

  Feeney, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food choice; Fruits vegetables; PTC PROP; Supertasting; TAS2R38; Taster status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951719969     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2010.01870.x     Document Type: Review

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