Genetic sensitivity to the bitter taste of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and its association with physiological mechanisms controlling Body Mass Index (BMI)

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3363-3381

  Tepper, Beverly J ^a   Banni, Sebastiano ^b   Melis, Melania ^b   Crnjar, Roberto ^b   Barbarossa, Iole Tomassini ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Endocannabinoid system; PROP taste phenotype

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUSTIN PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; POLYPHENOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULUS; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; TASTE BUD;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; TASTE BUDS; TASTE PERCEPTION; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 84906827084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6093363     Document Type: Review

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