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Genetic variation of an odorant receptor OR7D4 and sensory perception of cooked meat containing androstenone.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Lunde Kathrine, Egelandsdal Bjørg, Skuterud Ellen, Mainland Joel D, Lea Tor, Hersleth Margrethe, Matsunami Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Although odour perception impacts food preferences, the effect of genotypic variation of odorant receptors (ORs) on the sensory perception of food is unclear. Human OR7D4 responds to androstenone, and genotypic variation in OR7D4 predicts variation in the perception of androstenone. Since androstenone is naturally present in meat derived from male pigs, we asked whether OR7D4 genotype correlates with either the...
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