Article
Validation of edible taste strips for assessing PROP taste perception.
Chemical senses - 1 Jul 2013
Smutzer Gregory, Desai Hetvi, Coldwell Susan E, Griffith James W
Abstract excerpt
A novel delivery method is described that incorporates taste stimuli into edible strips for determining n-propylthiouracil (PROP) taster status. Edible strips that contained 400 or 600 nanomoles of PROP were prepared for psychophysical studies. Using these strips, we measured taste intensity, taste hedonics, and taste quality responses in a sample of healthy volunteers (n = 118). Participants were also asked to...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Propylthiouracil
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
- Reproducibility of Results
- Taste Perception
- Taste Threshold
- Young Adult
- Taste Receptors, Type 2