Oleogustus: The unique taste of fat

Chemical Senses

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 507-516

  Running, Cordelia A ^a   Craig, Bruce A ^b   Mattes, Richard D ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic tastes; Fat taste; Fatty acid structure; Nonesterified fatty acid taste; Oleogustus

Indexed keywords

FAT; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLEOGUSTUS; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALTINESS; SMELL AND TASTE PARAMETERS; SOUR TASTE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEETNESS; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; UMAMI; DRUG EFFECTS; FAT INTAKE; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84949581760     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjv036     Document Type: Article

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