Sodium chloride suppresses vegetable bitterness only when plain vegetables are perceived as highly bitter

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-22

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

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterness suppression; Individual differences; Quinine hydrochloride; Salt; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BRUSSELS SPROUT; CAULIFLOWER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE MASKING; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84896695277     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-013-9159-7     Document Type: Article

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