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Saliva and Sweet Taste Perception for Phenylthiourea (P.T.C.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Gunnar Skude
Gunnar Skude*
Affiliation:
Institute of Genetics, University of Lund, Sweden

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Taste sensations for P. T. C. and the standards might occur when an aqueous solution of a solid is placed on a tongue, free from the saliva of the parotid, sublingual and submaxillary glands, the tongue thus being soaked only by the secretion of v. Ebner's glands and other small glands on the tongue.

A descending paper chromatography method described in the paper failed to reveal any different influence of the saliva from different persons (non-tasters, tasters and a sweet taster) on phenylthiourea.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , July 1961 , pp. 316 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1961

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