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Title Genetic variation in taste sensitivity / edited by John Prescott, Beverly J. Tepper
Published New York : Marcel Dekker, Inc., ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations
Series Food science and technology ; 135
Food science and technology (Academic Press) ; 135.
Contents Chapter 1 Genetic Differences in Human Oral Perception Advanced Methods Reveal Basic Problems in Intensity Scaling / Linda M. Bartoshuk Katharine Fast Derek J. Snyder Valerie B. Duffy -- chapter 2 Progress in Human Bitter Phenylthiocarbamide Genetics / Danielle R. Reed -- chapter 3 Assessment of Different Methods for 6-n-Propylthiouracil Status Classification -- chapter 46 n-Propylthiouracil Tasting and the Perception of Nontaste Oral Sensations -- chapter 5 Relationship of 6-n-Propylthiouracil Status to Bitterness Sensitivity / Elba Cubero-Castillo Ann C. Noble -- chapter 6 A Current Perspective on Creaminess Perception and 6-n-PropyIthiouraciI Taster Status -- chapter 7 Genetic Basis for 6-n-Propylthiouracil Taster and Supertaster Status Determined Across Cultures -- chapter 86 n-PropyIthiouracil as a Genetic Taste Marker for Fat Intake, Obesity, and Chronic Disease Risk Current Evidence and Future Promise -- chapter 96 n-Propylthiouracil Sensitivity, Food Choices, and Food Consumption -- chapter 10 Genetic Variation in Taste Potential Biomarker for Cardiovascular Disease Risk? -- chapter 11 6-n-PropyIthiouracil Taster Status Dietary Modifier, Marker, or Misleader?
Summary Featuring results presented at the Sensitivity to PROP (6-n-propylthiouracil) symposium held as a satellite to the European Chemosensory Research Organisation conference in Erlangen, Germany, this volume's field-shaping selections review all sides of PROP sensitivity measurement-from its descriptive worth with regard to sensory experiences, individual taste perceptions, and food choices to its predictive power in the nutrition and public health arenas. Written by recognized names from industry and academia, Genetic Variation in Taste Sensitivity is ideal for taste, olfactio
Analysis Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)
6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP)
PROP genetics
PROP sensitivity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Taste -- Congresses
Food -- Sensory evaluation -- Congresses
Food habits.
Food preferences.
Taste -- genetics
Feeding Behavior
Food Preferences
Phenylthiourea
Propylthiouracil
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
Food preferences
Food habits
Food -- Sensory evaluation
Taste
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Prescott, John, 1954-
Tepper, Beverly J
ISBN 0824750756
9780824750756
0203023439
9780203023433
9781135539023
1135539022
9780824740870
0824740874
9781466542983
1466542985