An update on extra-oral bitter taste receptors

K Tuzim, A Korolczuk - Journal of translational medicine, 2021 - Springer
Bitter taste-sensing type 2 receptors (TAS2Rs or T2Rs), belonging to the subgroup of family
A G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), are of crucial importance in the perception of …

Genetic background of taste perception, taste preferences, and its nutritional implications: a systematic review

J Diószegi, E Llanaj, R Ádány - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: The rise in nutrition-related morbidity and mortality requires public health
intervention programs targeting nutritional behavior. In addition to socio-economical, socio …

BitterDB: taste ligands and receptors database in 2019

A Dagan-Wiener, A Di Pizio, I Nissim… - Nucleic Acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract BitterDB (http://bitterdb. agri. huji. ac. il) was introduced in 2012 as a central
resource for information on bitter-tasting molecules and their receptors. The information in …

Biological activities of phenolic compounds of extra virgin olive oil

M Servili, B Sordini, S Esposto, S Urbani, G Veneziani… - Antioxidants, 2013 - mdpi.com
Over the last few decades, multiple biological properties, providing antioxidant, anti-
inflammatory, chemopreventive and anti-cancer benefits, as well as the characteristic …

Large-scale GWAS of food liking reveals genetic determinants and genetic correlations with distinct neurophysiological traits

S May-Wilson, N Matoba, KH Wade… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We present the results of a GWAS of food liking conducted on 161,625 participants from the
UK-Biobank. Liking was assessed over 139 specific foods using a 9-point scale. Genetic …

The bad taste of medicines: overview of basic research on bitter taste

JA Mennella, AC Spector, DR Reed, SE Coldwell - Clinical therapeutics, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Many active pharmaceutical ingredients taste bitter and thus are aversive to
children as well as many adults. Encapsulation of the medicine in pill or tablet form, an …

Common roasting defects in coffee: Aroma composition, sensory characterization and consumer perception

D Giacalone, TK Degn, N Yang, C Liu, I Fisk… - Food quality and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The demand for high quality and specialty coffee is increasing worldwide. In order to meet
these demands, a more uniform and standardized quality assessment of coffee is essential …

An atlas and functional analysis of G-protein coupled receptors in human islets of Langerhans

S Amisten, A Salehi, P Rorsman, PM Jones… - Pharmacology & …, 2013 - Elsevier
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate hormone secretion from islets of Langerhans,
and recently developed therapies for type-2 diabetes target islet GLP-1 receptors. However …

Personality factors predict spicy food liking and intake

NK Byrnes, JE Hayes - Food quality and preference, 2013 - Elsevier
A number of factors likely affect the liking of capsaicin-containing foods such as social
influences, repeated exposure to capsaicin, physiological differences in chemosensation …

Taste receptors in innate immunity

RJ Lee, NA Cohen - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015 - Springer
Taste receptors were first identified on the tongue, where they initiate a signaling pathway
that communicates information to the brain about the nutrient content or potential toxicity of …