Pharmacogenetics of taste: Turning bitter pills sweet?

Pharmacogenomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-119

  Nagtegaal, Mariëlle J ^a,b   Swen, Jesse J ^b   Hanff, Lidwien M ^c   Schimmel, Kirsten J M ^b   Guchelaar, Henk Jan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

6 n propylthiouracil; Children; Medication adherence; Pharmacogenetics; PROP; Taste

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

BITTER TASTE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PREFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALATABILITY; PHARMACOGENETICS; REVIEW; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; TASTE PREFERENCE;

CHILD; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TASTE;

EID: 84890510752     PISSN: 14622416     EISSN: 17448042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/pgs.13.229     Document Type: Review

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