Chemoreception and perception of the bitterness of isohumulones
| Autor: | Chris Budwig, Doreen Y. Hong, Gerald F. Russell, Christine Zoumas-Morse, Jean-Xavier Guinard |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male Taste Saliva Chemoreceptor Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cyclopentanes Behavioral Neuroscience chemistry.chemical_compound stomatognathic system Perception Humans Food science media_common Maximum intensity Dose-Response Relationship Drug Significant difference food and beverages Beer Taste Buds Biochemistry chemistry Isohumulone Taste Threshold Parotid saliva Female Salivation psychological phenomena and processes Psychophysiology |
| Zdroj: | Physiologybehavior. 56(6) |
| ISSN: | 0031-9384 |
| Popis: | Psychophysical experiments were conducted to determine whether isohumulones share a common receptor mechanism with other bitter compounds, and whether parotid saliva flow affects perception of their bitterness. Findings from a study of inter-individual differences in sensitivity to 23 sweet and/or bitter compounds among 25 subjects using the time-intensity (TI) method suggest that isohumulone and tetrahydroisohumulone may share a common receptor mechanism with other bitter compounds except those with the thiourea moiety. Isohumulone and tetrahydroisohumulone displayed a unique dome-shaped TI profile. The bitterness of the two compounds took longer to develop, but it lasted as long as for other bitter stimuli. In a study of the relation between perception of bitterness in beer and parotid saliva flow in 20 young adults, no significant difference was found among the mean saliva flows triggered by 0, 15 and 30 mg/L of isohumulones added to beer, and no significant correlation was found between saliva flow and maximum intensity or total duration of bitterness. |
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