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 …

The influence of oral processing, food perception and social aspects on food consumption: a review

LJ Pereira, A Van der Bilt - Journal of oral rehabilitation, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Eating is an essential activity to get energy and necessary nutrients for living. While
chewing, the food is broken down by the teeth and dissolved by saliva. Taste, flavour and …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabis therapeutics and the future of neurology

EB Russo - Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Neurological therapeutics have been hampered by its inability to advance beyond
symptomatic treatment of neurodegenerative disorders into the realm of actual palliation …

Taste Perception of Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, and Umami and Changes Due to l-Arginine Supplementation, as a Function of Genetic Ability to Taste 6-n …

M Melis, I Tomassini Barbarossa - Nutrients, 2017 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Food preferences and obesity

S Spinelli, E Monteleone - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
Obesity is a multifactorial disease with several potential causes that remain incompletely
understood. Recent changes in the environment, which has become increasingly …

General decrease of taste sensitivity is related to increase of BMI: A simple method to monitor eating behavior

A Vignini, F Borroni, J Sabbatinelli… - Disease …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives. The present study was conducted to evaluate the relationship
between taste identification ability and body mass index (BMI) by studying the response to …

Individual variation in PROP status, fungiform papillae density, and responsiveness to taste stimuli in a large population sample

C Dinnella, E Monteleone, M Piochi, S Spinelli… - Chemical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Despite considerable research investigating the role of 6-n-propylthiouracil bitterness
perception and variation of fungiform papillae density in food perception, this relationship …

The role of sour and bitter perception in liking, familiarity and choice for phenol-rich plant-based foods

E Pagliarini, C Proserpio, S Spinelli, V Lavelli… - Food Quality and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Among factors influencing food preferences and choices, individual differences in taste
perception play a key role in defining eating behaviour. In particular, sour and bitter …

Exploring the effects of genotypical and phenotypical variations in bitter taste sensitivity on perception, liking and intake of brassica vegetables in the UK

Y Shen, OB Kennedy, L Methven - Food quality and preference, 2016 - Elsevier
Brassicaceous vegetables (BV) have chemoprotective effects and yet consumption of BV in
the UK is low. Previous studies suggest perception, liking and intake of BV are influenced by …

Variation in the ability to taste bitter thiourea compounds: implications for food acceptance, dietary intake, and obesity risk in children

KL Keller, S Adise - Annual review of nutrition, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The ability to taste bitter thiourea compounds, such as phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and 6-n-
propylthiouracil (PROP), is inherited. Polymorphisms in the bitter-taste receptor TAS2R38 …