Validation of edible taste strips for identifying PROP taste recognition thresholds.

doi:10.1002/lary.21757

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Validation of edible taste strips for identifying PROP taste recognition thresholds.

The Laryngoscope - 1 Jun 2011

Desai Hetvi, Smutzer Gregory, Coldwell Susan E, Griffith James W

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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: The purpose of this study was to validate the use of edible taste strips for measuring taste recognition thresholds for the bitter-tasting compound 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP). STUDY DESIGN: Taste recognition thresholds for PROP were obtained by two separate methods. Thresh...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Female
Food Preferences
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
Taste Threshold
Uracil
Young Adult
Taste Receptors, Type 2

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