Differential bitterness in capsaicin, piperine, and ethanol associates with polymorphisms in multiple bitter taste receptor genes

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 117-127

  Nolden, Alissa A ^a   McGeary, John E ^b,c,d   Hayes, John E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chemosensory; Genetics; Preference; Taste phenotype

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAPSAICIN; PIPERINE; 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; AMIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BURNING SENSATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TAS2R GENE; TAS2R3 GENE; TAS2R38 GENE; TAS2R4 GENE; TAS2R5 GENE; TASTE BUD; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASTE; TONGUE;

ADULT; ALKALOIDS; BENZODIOXOLES; CAPSAICIN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PIPERIDINES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TASTE; TONGUE;

EID: 84955095977     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.017     Document Type: Article

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