Sweetness intensity enhancement by pulsatile stimulation: Effects of magnitude and quality of taste contrast

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Burseg, Kerstin Martha Mensien ^a,b   Ly lieu, Hoang ^a,c   Bult, Johannes Hendrikus Franciscus ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pulsatile taste stimulation; Sweetness enhancement; Taste contrast

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; SUCROSE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEETNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 84555178646     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr062     Document Type: Article

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