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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,211 Views
10 Pages

11 October 2023

The effect of age and gender on taste function is rarely investigated. Therefore, we tried to study the effect of age and gender on taste function as evaluated by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test (WETT®). The WETT® consists of 40 strips tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,471 Views
11 Pages

A Simple Taste Test for Clinical Assessment of Taste and Oral Somatosensory Function—The “Seven-iTT”

  • Mariano Mastinu,
  • Michał Pieniak,
  • Anne Wolf,
  • Tomer Green,
  • Antje Hähner,
  • Masha Y. Niv and
  • Thomas Hummel

25 December 2022

Taste dysfunctions may occur, for example, after viral infection, surgery, medications, or with age. In clinical practice, it is important to assess patients’ taste function with rapidity and reliability. This study aimed to develop a test that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
402 Views
14 Pages

Application for the Detection of Taste and Smell Disorders Based on Self-Test at the Patient’s Home

  • Malgorzata Buksinska,
  • Iwona Tomaszewska-Hert,
  • Malgorzata Talarek and
  • Piotr Henryk Skarzynski

11 December 2025

Background: Olfactory and taste disorders are associated with a variety of conditions, not only those directly affecting the nasal or oral cavity mucosa. In clinical practice, the acuity of the sense of smell is investigated subjectively using a vari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,230 Views
18 Pages

Characterizing Individual Differences in Sweet Taste Hedonics: Test Methods, Locations, and Stimuli

  • May M. Cheung,
  • Matthew Kramer,
  • Gary K. Beauchamp,
  • Sari Puputti and
  • Paul M. Wise

15 January 2022

Sweetness drives the consumption of added sugars, so understanding how to best measure sweet hedonics is important for developing strategies to lower sugar intake. However, methods to assess hedonic response to sweetness vary, making results across s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,068 Views
11 Pages

Risk Reduction for End-Stage Renal Disease by Dietary Guidance Using the Gustatory Threshold Test for Salty Taste

  • Yuki Ota,
  • Mineaki Kitamura,
  • Kiyokazu Tsuji,
  • Kenta Torigoe,
  • Ayuko Yamashita,
  • Shinichi Abe,
  • Kumiko Muta,
  • Tadashi Uramatsu,
  • Yoko Obata and
  • Tomoya Nishino
  • + 3 authors

4 September 2020

Educational hospitalization of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may slow the progression of renal dysfunction. However, the educational aspect that is more effective has not been identified to date. In this study, patients with CKD were eva...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
5,807 Views
10 Pages

Identification of the Non-Volatile Taste-Active Components in Crab Sauce

  • Tian-Tian Liu,
  • Ning Xia,
  • Qin-Zhi Wang and
  • De-Wei Chen

7 August 2019

Crab sauce is a traditional umami seasoning in the coastal cities in South East China. The putative non-volatile taste-active components in crab sauce were measured, and their impacts on the taste were evaluated on the basis of the taste activity val...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,028 Views
21 Pages

Impact of Nutritional Intervention on Taste Perception—A Scoping Review

  • Alessandro Micarelli,
  • Sandro Malacrida,
  • Giacomo Strapazzon,
  • Simona Mrakic-Sposta,
  • Beatrice Micarelli,
  • Nicolò Alessandrini,
  • Valentina Carbini,
  • Sara Caputo,
  • Marika Falla and
  • Marco Alessandrini

9 November 2021

The aim of the present scoping review was to evaluate the impact of experimental meal loads or observational diet changes/habits on taste tests in both healthy subjects and patients. A systematic search performed in PubMed, Scopus, and Institute for...

  • Review
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1 Citations
7,629 Views
10 Pages

The Role of Taste Receptors in Airway Innate Immune Defense

  • Alan D. Workman,
  • Neil N. Patel,
  • Ryan M. Carey,
  • Edward C. Kuan and
  • Noam A. Cohen

Bitter (T2R) and sweet (T1R) taste receptors are expressed in the upper airway, where they play key roles in antimicrobial innate immune defense. Bitter bacterial products are detected by taste receptors on ciliated cells and solitary chemosensory ce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,828 Views
10 Pages

Prevention of Taste Alterations in Patients with Cancer Receiving Paclitaxel- or Oxaliplatin-Based Chemotherapy—A Pilot Trial of Cannabidiol

  • Helena S. H. Dominiak,
  • Simone D. Hasselsteen,
  • Sebastian W. Nielsen,
  • Jens Rikardt Andersen and
  • Jørn Herrstedt

1 July 2023

Introduction: Taste alteration is a common adverse effect of chemotherapy. This study aimed to investigate the effect of cannabidiol (CBD) on Lean Body Mass (LBM), and taste alterations during oxaliplatin- or paclitaxel-based chemotherapy. Methods: L...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,848 Views
14 Pages

Perilla frutescens Britton: A Comprehensive Study on Flavor/Taste and Chemical Properties During the Roasting Process

  • Jookyeong Lee,
  • Da-Som Kim,
  • Jinju Cho,
  • Seong Jun Hong,
  • Jeong Hoon Pan,
  • Jae Kyeom Kim and
  • Eui-Cheol Shin

This study investigated changes of volatile compounds, sniffing test-assisted sensory properties, taste associated-constituent and free amino acid compositions, taste description by electronic-tongue, and chemical characteristics in Perilla frutescen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,870 Views
22 Pages

7 August 2021

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between taste responsiveness and food liking in preadolescents. Model food samples of grapefruit juice (GF) and vegetable broth (VB) modified with four additions of sucrose and sodium c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
33,364 Views
18 Pages

20 December 2019

Here, we tested the hypothesis that sucralose differentially affects metabolic responses to labeled oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) in participants with normal weight and obesity. Participants (10 with normal weight and 11 with obesity) without...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,812 Views
12 Pages

Carbohydrate Taste Is Associated with Food Intake and Body Mass in Healthy Australian Adults

  • Andrew Costanzo,
  • Natwalinkhol Settapramote,
  • Niramon Utama-ang,
  • Uracha Wanich,
  • Simone Lewin and
  • Russell Keast

28 October 2021

Background: The taste of carbohydrates may drive their intake. Sensitivity to carbohydrate taste varies among individuals, thus, it is important to understand how differences in sensitivity influence eating behaviour and body mass. Objective: The aim...

  • Feature Paper
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  • Open Access
942 Views
13 Pages

Taste Preferences in Broilers: Behavioral Evaluation for Varying Concentrations of Four Essential Amino Acids

  • Jaime Figueroa,
  • Paloma Cordero,
  • Sofía Herrera-Alcaíno and
  • Sergio A. Guzmán-Pino

28 May 2025

Umami taste compounds are perceived in broilers through taste buds that detect peptides and amino acids, which can positively or negatively affect their feeding behavior. In this study, we evaluated the intake behavior for four essential amino acids...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,967 Views
12 Pages

Sex Differences in Medicine Acceptability: A New Factor to Be Considered in Medicine Formulation

  • Fabrice Ruiz,
  • Alexander Keeley,
  • Patrick Léglise,
  • Catherine Tuleu,
  • Célia Lachuer,
  • Jean-Paul Rwabihama,
  • Nathalie Bachalat,
  • Imad Boulaich,
  • Fattima Abdallah and
  • Vincent Boudy
  • + 6 authors

Palatability is a recognized driver of medicine acceptability in pediatrics but deemed less relevant in older populations due to sensory decline. Preliminary findings from an observational study implicated palatability problems with one Alzheimer&rsq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,884 Views
25 Pages

Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonist Mesyl Sal B Attenuates Behavioral Sensitization to Cocaine with Fewer Aversive Side-Effects than Salvinorin A in Rodents

  • Bronwyn M. Kivell,
  • Kelly F. Paton,
  • Nitin Kumar,
  • Aashish S. Morani,
  • Aimee Culverhouse,
  • Amy Shepherd,
  • Susan A. Welsh,
  • Andrew Biggerstaff,
  • Rachel S. Crowley and
  • Thomas E. Prisinzano

11 October 2018

The acute activation of kappa opioid receptors (KOPr) produces antinociceptive and anti-cocaine effects, however, their side-effects have limited further clinical development. Mesyl Sal B is a potent and selective KOPr analogue of Salvinorin A (Sal A...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,902 Views
11 Pages

21 June 2024

Low wholegrain food consumption is a leading dietary risk for avoidable morbidity and mortality globally, with limited sensory acceptability suggested to be a challenge for changing behaviour. This study aimed to evaluate the sensory acceptability of...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,180 Views
17 Pages

In the cultivation of barramundi Lates calcarifer, one of the key factors is developing new commercial feeds that are nutritionally adequate and attractive to fish. The sensory quality of feeds can be improved by taste stimulants. The aim of the pres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
16,785 Views
51 Pages

Strategies to Improve School Meal Consumption: A Systematic Review

  • Juliana F. W. Cohen,
  • Amelie A. Hecht,
  • Erin R. Hager,
  • Lindsey Turner,
  • Kara Burkholder and
  • Marlene B. Schwartz

7 October 2021

School meals can play an integral role in improving children’s diets and addressing health disparities. Initiatives and policies to increase consumption have the potential to ensure students benefit from the healthy school foods available. This syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,008 Views
9 Pages

Comparison of Bitterness Intensity between Prednisolone and Quinine in a Human Sensory Test Indicated Individual Differences in Bitter-Taste Perception

  • Mengyan Deng,
  • Noriko Hida,
  • Taigi Yamazaki,
  • Ryo Morishima,
  • Yuka Kato,
  • Yoshiaki Fujita,
  • Akihiro Nakamura and
  • Tsutomu Harada

Prednisolone is a frequently prescribed steroid with a bitter, unpalatable taste that can result in treatment refusal. Oral suspensions or powder dosage forms are often prescribed, particularly to pediatric patients, as they improve swallowability an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,099 Views
16 Pages

Quantitive Assessment of Gustatory Function and Its Association with Demographics, and Systemic Morbidity

  • Doron J. Aframian,
  • Alaa Zedan,
  • Weaam Agbariah,
  • Andra Rettman and
  • Galit Almoznino

18 January 2024

This study aimed to analyze the associations of gustatory dysfunction as measured by validated taste strips with demographics and co-morbidities. This cross-sectional study retrospectively analyzed records of patients who attended the Orofacial Chemo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
9,970 Views
21 Pages

Fat Sensation: Fatty Acid Taste and Olfaction Sensitivity and the Link with Disinhibited Eating Behaviour

  • Sophie Kindleysides,
  • Kathryn L. Beck,
  • Daniel C. I. Walsh,
  • Lisa Henderson,
  • Shakeela N. Jayasinghe,
  • Matt Golding and
  • Bernhard H. Breier

15 August 2017

Perception of fat taste, aroma, and texture are proposed to influence food preferences, thus shaping dietary intake and eating behaviour and consequently long-term health. In this study, we investigated associations between fatty acid taste, olfactio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
11,872 Views
24 Pages

10 January 2019

Taste hedonics is a well-documented driver of food consumption. The role of sweetness in directing ingestive behavior is largely rooted in biology. One can then intuit that individual differences in sweet-liking may constitute an indicator of variati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
53 Citations
3,641 Views
15 Pages

Mouth Dissolving Tablets II: An Overview of Evaluation Techniques

  • Dali SHUKLA,
  • Subhashis CHAKRABORTY,
  • Sanjay SINGH and
  • Brahmeshwar MISHRA

6 March 2009

Mouth dissolving tablets are well established dosage forms available in the market. The numerous advantages that they offer to the patients in terms of compliance as well as to the manufacturers in terms of huge revenues by line extension of products...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,300 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Experimental Conditions on Electronic Tongue Results—Case of Valsartan Minitablets Dissolution

  • Małgorzata Wesoły,
  • Anna Kluk,
  • Małgorzata Sznitowska,
  • Patrycja Ciosek and
  • Wojciech Wróblewski

23 August 2016

A potentiometric electronic tongue was applied to study the release of valsartan from pharmaceutical formulations, i.e., minitablets uncoated and coated with Eudragit E. Special attention was paid to evaluate the influence of medium temperature and c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,543 Views
17 Pages

(1) Background: Sleep may be a factor that influences the taste–dietary intake relationship. The effect of sleep on salt taste measures has not been adequately studied, and no standardized methodology has been developed for measuring salt taste prefe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
9,183 Views
13 Pages

The Relationship between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Taste Receptor Genes, Taste Function and Dietary Intake in Preschool-Aged Children and Adults in the Guelph Family Health Study

  • Elie Chamoun,
  • Nicholas A. Carroll,
  • Lisa M. Duizer,
  • Wenjuan Qi,
  • Zeny Feng,
  • Gerarda Darlington,
  • Alison M. Duncan,
  • Jess Haines,
  • David W.L. Ma and
  • The Guelph Family Health Study

29 July 2018

Taste is a fundamental determinant of food selection, and inter-individual variations in taste perception may be important risk factors for poor eating habits and obesity. Characterizing differences in taste perception and their influences on dietary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,622 Views
18 Pages

How Synonymic Taste Words Alter Perceived Taste in American Consumers

  • Tamara Marie Johnson and
  • Simone Eveline Pfenninger

Investigations into crispy and crunchy in American English have demonstrated that these synonymic taste words have differing effects on perceived taste depending on association. To test the generalizability of these findings, category fluency tasks w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,504 Views
17 Pages

29 October 2024

Background/Objectives: Sweet taste preferences are currently targeted to aid with reducing free sugar intakes, but associations between sweet taste liking, sweet food intakes, and sugar intakes are not well established. Methods: UK consumers (n = 179...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
9,201 Views
24 Pages

Effect of Physical Exercise on Taste Perceptions: A Systematic Review

  • Alexandre-Charles Gauthier,
  • Roseane de Fátima Guimarães,
  • Khoosheh Namiranian,
  • Vicky Drapeau and
  • Marie-Eve Mathieu

9 September 2020

The effect of physical exercise on nutrition has gained substantial interest in the last decade. Meaningful results have been produced concerning the effect of physical exercise on different appetite hormones and food choice/preference. While it is w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,385 Views
12 Pages

Detection of Bitterness in Vitamins Is Mediated by the Activation of Bitter Taste Receptors

  • Thomas Delompré,
  • Christine Belloir,
  • Christophe Martin,
  • Christian Salles and
  • Loïc Briand

5 October 2022

Vitamins are known to generate bitterness, which may contribute to an off-taste or aftertaste for some nutritional supplements. This negative sensation can lead to a reduction in their consumption. Little is known about the bitter taste threshold and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,960 Views
13 Pages

TAS1R3 and TAS2R38 Polymorphisms Affect Sweet Taste Perception: An Observational Study on Healthy and Obese Subjects

  • Monia Cecati,
  • Arianna Vignini,
  • Francesca Borroni,
  • Sofia Pugnaloni,
  • Sonila Alia,
  • Jacopo Sabbatinelli,
  • Giulia Nicolai,
  • Marina Taus,
  • Andrea Santarelli and
  • Monica Emanuelli
  • + 2 authors

20 April 2022

Background: The inter-individual differences in taste perception find a possible rationale in genetic variations. We verified whether the presence of four different single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes encoding for bitter (TAS2R38; 145G &g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,821 Views
11 Pages

22 June 2022

Differences in the ability to identify and perceive tastes and smells might influence food consumption and, ultimately, chronic nutrition-related conditions such as overweightness and obesity. This study aimed to investigate the associations between...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,402 Views
21 Pages

18 September 2020

This study investigates the relationships between basic tastes and fattiness sensitivity and food liking in 11-year-old children. The basic taste sensitivity of 106 children was measured using different methods, namely detection (DT) and recognition...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,453 Views
12 Pages

Investigating the Relationships between Taste Preferences and Beverage Intake in Preadolescents

  • Eva Winzer,
  • Marlies Wallner,
  • Anna Lena Aufschnaiter,
  • Daniela Grach,
  • Christina Lampl,
  • Manuel Schätzer,
  • Barbara Holstein and
  • Maria Wakolbinger

14 April 2023

Sugar-sweetened beverages are known promotors of adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to find a relation between taste perception, preferences for beverages, anthropometric parameters, and frequency of beverage consumption. Taste perception of s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,083 Views
10 Pages

The Taste of Commercially Available Clarithromycin Oral Pharmaceutical Suspensions in the Palestinian Market: Electronic Tongue and In Vivo Evaluation

  • Nawaf Abu-Khalaf,
  • Abdel Naser Zaid,
  • Nidal Jaradat,
  • Alaaldin AlKilany,
  • Basima Abu Rumaila,
  • Rowa Al Ramahi,
  • Shrouq Shweiki,
  • Safaa Nidal and
  • Nibal Surakhi

3 February 2018

Background: The taste of oral liquid dosage forms is a crucial factor that impacts paediatric patient compliance. The electronic tongue (ET) is an emerging tool that could be useful in taste assessment in order to minimize the involvement of humans i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
12,074 Views
10 Pages

Monitoring of Milk Quality With Disposable Taste Sensor

  • Maxsim Yap Mee Sim,
  • Teo Jau Shya,
  • Mohd Noor Ahmad,
  • Ali Yeon Md Shakaff,
  • Abdul Rahman Othman and
  • Muhammad Suzuri Hitam

11 September 2003

A disposable screen-printed multi channel taste sensor composed of several types of lipid as transducers and a computer as data analyzer could detect taste in a manner similar to human gustatory sensation. The disposable taste sensor was used to meas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,232 Views
23 Pages

Differences in Sweet Taste Perception and Its Association with the Streptococcus mutans Cariogenic Profile in Preschool Children with Caries

  • Anna Jurczak,
  • Małgorzata Jamka-Kasprzyk,
  • Zuzanna Bębenek,
  • Małgorzata Staszczyk,
  • Paweł Jagielski,
  • Dorota Kościelniak,
  • Iwona Gregorczyk-Maga,
  • Iwona Kołodziej,
  • Magdalena Kępisty and
  • Wirginia Krzyściak
  • + 2 authors

26 August 2020

The aim of the study was to verify the hypothesis about differences in sweet taste perception in the group of preschool children with and without caries, and to determine its relationship with cariogenic microbiota and the frequency of sweets consump...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
8,972 Views
18 Pages

Individual Differences in Sweetness Ratings and Cross-Modal Aroma-Taste Interactions

  • Anne Sjoerup Bertelsen,
  • Line Ahm Mielby,
  • Niki Alexi,
  • Derek Victor Byrne and
  • Ulla Kidmose

1 February 2020

Aroma-taste interactions, which are believed to occur due to previous coexposure (concurrent presence of aroma and taste), have been suggested as a strategy to aid sugar reduction in food and beverages. However, coexposures might be influenced by ind...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1,838 Views
12 Pages

Reduced Salivary Gustin and Statherin in Long-COVID Cohort with Impaired Bitter Taste

  • Harika Chowdary,
  • Naomi Riley,
  • Parul Patel,
  • Ana G. Gossweiler,
  • Cordelia A. Running and
  • Mythily Srinivasan

13 November 2024

Background/Objectives: Taste dysfunction is a frequent symptom of acute coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). While the majority of those affected reported recovery over time, emerg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,018 Views
13 Pages

25 September 2022

Chemosensory dysfunction is a frequent postacute sequela of COVID-19. Depending on the type of test used to measure it (self-report vs. direct test), the degree of chemosensory dysfunction in long-term COVID-19 has been found to be highly variable. I...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,170 Views
10 Pages

Taste Perception and Water Swallow Screen Results in Old-Old Women

  • Rachel W. Mulheren,
  • Ianessa A. Humbert,
  • Anne R. Cappola,
  • Linda P. Fried and
  • Marlís González-Fernández

20 November 2018

Changes in both swallowing and taste commonly occur in advanced age, though the relationship between the two is unknown. This study examined the association between a water swallow screen test and taste identification and intensity rating. Participan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,274 Views
10 Pages

Persistent Olfactory and Taste Dysfunction after COVID-19

  • Malgorzata Buksinska,
  • Piotr Henryk Skarzynski,
  • Danuta Raj-Koziak,
  • Elzbieta Gos and
  • Malgorzata Talarek

28 February 2024

(1) Background: One of the possible symptoms of COVID-19 is a sudden loss of smell and taste. The main aim of the study was to evaluate the severity of post-COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction (OD). A secondary aim was to assess the relationship between O...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,586 Views
12 Pages

Preferences for Sweet and Fatty Taste in Children and Their Mothers in Association with Weight Status

  • Grzegorz Sobek,
  • Edyta Łuszczki,
  • Mariusz Dąbrowski,
  • Katarzyna Dereń,
  • Joanna Baran,
  • Aneta Weres and
  • Artur Mazur

Strong preferences for sweet and fat tastes (characters) are associated with the consumption of foods high in calories. The taste preferences, especially the sweet and fat tastes (characters), might be one of the factors predisposing children to beco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,679 Views
16 Pages

Association of Salty and Sweet Taste Recognition with Food Reward and Subjective Control of Eating Behavior

  • Imke Schamarek,
  • Florian Christoph Richter,
  • Graham Finlayson,
  • Anke Tönjes,
  • Michael Stumvoll,
  • Matthias Blüher and
  • Kerstin Rohde-Zimmermann

12 August 2024

Sweet and salty tastes are highly palatable and drive food consumption and potentially uncontrolled eating, but it remains unresolved whether the ability to recognize sweet and salty affects food reward and uncontrolled eating. We investigate the ass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
14,229 Views
17 Pages

25 May 2017

Behavioral reaction to different taste qualities affects nutritional status and health. 6-n-Propylthiouracil (PROP) tasting has been reported to be a marker of variation in taste perception, food preferences, and eating behavior, but results have bee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,064 Views
11 Pages

Sleeve Gastrectomy-Induced Body Mass Index Reduction Increases the Intensity of Taste Perception’s and Reduces Bitter-Induced Pleasantness in Severe Obesity

  • Sara Rurgo,
  • Elena Cantone,
  • Marcella Pesce,
  • Eleonora Efficie,
  • Mario Musella,
  • Barbara Polese,
  • Barbara De Conno,
  • Marta Pagliaro,
  • Luisa Seguella and
  • Giovanni Sarnelli
  • + 2 authors

7 July 2022

Background: The sense of taste is involved in food behavior and may drive food choices, likely contributing to obesity. Differences in taste preferences have been reported in normal-weight as compared to obese subjects. Changes in taste perception wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
203 Citations
22,249 Views
22 Pages

Bitter, Sweet, Salty, Sour and Umami Taste Perception Decreases with Age: Sex-Specific Analysis, Modulation by Genetic Variants and Taste-Preference Associations in 18 to 80 Year-Old Subjects

  • Rocio Barragán,
  • Oscar Coltell,
  • Olga Portolés,
  • Eva M. Asensio,
  • José V. Sorlí,
  • Carolina Ortega-Azorín,
  • José I. González,
  • Carmen Sáiz,
  • Rebeca Fernández-Carrión and
  • Dolores Corella
  • + 1 author

18 October 2018

There is growing interest in relating taste perception to diet and healthy aging. However, there is still limited information on the influence of age, sex and genetics on taste acuity as well as on the relationship between taste perception and taste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,875 Views
13 Pages

Taste Responses and Ingestive Behaviors to Ingredients of Fermented Milk in Mice

  • Yuko Yamase,
  • Hai Huang,
  • Yoshihiro Mitoh,
  • Masahiko Egusa,
  • Takuya Miyawaki and
  • Ryusuke Yoshida

8 March 2023

Fermented milk is consumed worldwide because of its nutritious and healthful qualities. Although it is somewhat sour, causing some to dislike it, few studies have examined taste aspects of its ingredients. Wild-type mice and T1R3-GFP-KO mice lacking...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,424 Views
12 Pages

Taste Sensitivity and Taste Preference among Malay Children Aged 7 to 12 Years in Kuala Lumpur—A Pilot Study

  • Ler Sheang Lim,
  • Xian Hui Tang,
  • Wai Yew Yang,
  • Shu Hwa Ong,
  • Nenad Naumovski and
  • Rati Jani

The taste and food preferences in children can affect their food intake and body weight. Bitter and sweet taste sensitivities were identified as primary taste contributors to children’s preference for consuming various foods. This pilot study aimed t...

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