The role of zinc in the treatment of taste disorders

Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-51

  Yagi, Takakazu ^a   Asakawa, Akihiro ^b   Ueda, Hirotaka ^a   Ikeda, Satoshi ^b   Miyawaki, Shouichi ^b   Inui, Akio ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase (CA); Feeding; Saliva; Taste disorder; Zinc deficiency; Zinc transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878324177     PISSN: 22127984     EISSN: 18761429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2212798411305010007     Document Type: Article

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