Interactions between bitter taste, diet and dysbiosis: Consequences for appetite and obesity

Nutrients

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Turner, Alexandria ^a   Veysey, Martin ^a,b   Keely, Simon ^a,c   Scarlett, Christopher ^d   Lucock, Mark ^d   Beckett, Emma L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bitter; Diet; Dysbiosis; Microbiome; Microbiota; Obesity; T2R; TAS2R

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 2;

APPETITE; BITTER TASTE; DIET; DYSBIOSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; TASTE BUD; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; DIET; DYSBIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 85053874831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu10101336     Document Type: Review

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