A bitter taste in the mouth: The role of 6-n-propylthiouracil taster status and sex in food disgust sensitivity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 204, Issue , 2019, Pages 219-223

  Ammann, Jeanine ^a   Hartmann, Christina ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

6 n propylthiouracil (PROP) taster status; Bitter taste perception; Eating behaviour; Food disgust sensitivity; Physiology; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; 6-N-PROPYLURACIL; URACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; DISGUST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; FOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISGUST; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD; URACIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85062392699     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.02.036     Document Type: Article

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