The Taste for Fat: New Discoveries on the Role of Fat in Sensory Perception, Metabolism, Sensory Pleasure, and Beyond

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tepper, Beverly J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; FATTY ACID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EDITORIAL; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUTH; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANIMALS; FATS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MOUTH; SMELL; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857762709     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2012.02643.x     Document Type: Editorial

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