News tagged with umami taste
Variants of 'umami' taste receptor contribute to our individualized flavor worlds
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Using a combination of sensory, genetic, and in vitro approaches, researchers from the Monell Center confirm that the T1R1-T1R3 taste receptor plays a role in human umami (amino acid) taste.
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From delicious to death: Understanding taste
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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Despite the significance of taste to both human gratification and survival, a basic understanding of this primal sense is still unfolding.
Taking a cue from breath fresheners, researcher develops new method for taste testing
Jun 10, 2008 |
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Using the same concept behind commercial breath-freshening strips, a Temple University researcher has developed a new, easier method for clinical taste testing.
Flies prefer fizzy drinks
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Aug 29, 2007 |
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While you may not catch a fly sipping Perrier, the insect has specialized taste cells for carbonated water that probably encourage it to binge on food with growing microorganisms. Yeast and bacteria both produce ...
Sour taste make you pucker? It may be in your genes
Jul 11, 2007 |
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Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center report that genes play a large role in determining individual differences in sour taste perception. The findings may help researchers identify the still-elusive taste receptor ...
Advance toward an 'electronic tongue' with a taste for sweets
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 17, 2009 |
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In a new approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly and accurately identifies ...
Common herbicides and fibrates block nutrient-sensing receptor found in gut and pancreas
Oct 09, 2009 |
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According to new research from the Monell Center and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, certain common herbicides and lipid-lowering fibrate drugs act in humans to block T1R3, a nutrient-sensing taste receptor also present ...
Taste sensation: Ads work better if all senses are involved
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Corporations spend billions of dollars each year on food advertising. For example, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, and McDonald's each spent more than $1 billion in advertising in 2007. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sugges ...
Scientists Discover How We Detect Sour Taste
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Aug 23, 2006 |
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A team headed by biologists from the University of California, San Diego has discovered the cells and the protein that enable us to detect sour, one of the five basic tastes. The scientists, who included researchers ...
A matter of taste: Food ads work better if all senses are involved
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Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Do potato chips taste better if an advertisement describes their crunchy sound? Is popcorn more flavorful if its buttery aroma is also depicted in an ad? Researchers at the University of Michigan say yes.
Smokers' tongues fail taste test
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Smokers have fewer and flatter taste buds. A study of the tongues of 62 Greek soldiers, published in the open access journal BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, has demonstrated how cigarettes deaden the ability to taste. ...
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