Individual Variation in PROP Status, Fungiform Papillae Density, and Responsiveness to Taste Stimuli in a Large Population Sample

• Published in: Chemical senses Vol. 43; no. 9; pp. 697 - 710
• Main Authors: Dinnella, Caterina, Monteleone, Erminio, Piochi, Maria, Spinelli, Sara, Prescott, John, Pierguidi, Lapo, Gasperi, Flavia, Laureati, Monica, Pagliarini, Ella, Predieri, Stefano, Torri, Luisa, Barbieri, Sara, Valli, Enrico, Bianchi, Piergiorgio, Braghieri, Ada, Caro, Alessandra Del, Di Monaco, Rossella, Favotto, Saida, Moneta, Elisabetta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: UK Oxford University Press 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; beans; bitterness; capsaicin; chocolate; citric acid; digital images; Female; Food Preferences; Humans; Male; males; men; Middle Aged; pear juice; phenotype; propylthiouracil; Propylthiouracil - pharmacology; puddings; saltiness; sodium chloride; sourness; sucrose; sweetness; taste; Taste Buds - drug effects; Taste Buds - physiology; Taste Perception - physiology; tomato juice; tongue; women; Young Adult; intensity; pungency; gender; basic tastes; age; food stimuli

Abstract Despite considerable research investigating the role of 6-n-propylthiouracil bitterness perception and variation of fungiform papillae density in food perception, this relationship remains controversial as well as the association between the 2 phenotypes. Data from 1119 subjects (38.6% male...