Sucrose and non-nutritive sweeteners can suppress the bitterness of vegetables independent of PTC taster phenotype

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 127-139

  Wilkie, Lynn M ^a   Phillips, Elizabeth D Capaldi ^a   Wadhera, Devina ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterness suppression; Non nutritive sweeteners; PTC PROP; Sucrose; Supertasters; Sweet

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER; PHENYLTHIOUREA; SACCHARIN; SUCRALOSE; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BODY MASS; BROCOLLI; BRUSSELS SPROUT; CAULIFLOWER; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84884674949     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-013-9151-2     Document Type: Article

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