News articles tagged with 'bitter'
The taste of quinine: It's in your bitter genes
— 3 Aug 2010 13:24 | HealthSome people find quinine to be bitter while others can drink it like water. Now, scientists from the Monell Centre and collaborators report that individual differences in how people…
Some people do not taste salt like others
— 17 Jun 2010 13:51 | HealthLow-salt foods may be harder for some people to like than others, according to a study by a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences food scientist. The research indicates that genetics…
Small intestine can sense and react to bitter toxins in food
— 13 Oct 2008 08:46 | HealthToxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. New UC Irvine research finds that bitterness also slows the digestive process, keeping bad food…
Bitter-tasting nectar and floral odours optimise out-crossing for plants
— 30 Aug 2008 15:24 | BiologyAnimals 'personally' bring their gametes together - seeking out sexual partners, mating, fertilising, and reproducing. Plants, however, are sessile organisms and require the help of…
Helping the medicine go down
— 23 Aug 2008 16:17 | HealthGetting little Doug and Debbie to take a spoonful of medicine is more than just a rite of passage for frustrated parents. Children's refusal to swallow liquid medication - and their…
That tastes - sweet? Sour? No, it's definitely calcium!
— 22 Aug 2008 18:46 | ChemistryChemists in Philadelphia are reporting a discovery that could expand the palate of human tastes - sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savoury - to include a new taste sensation that they…
Irritating smells alert special cells, NIH-funded study finds
— 5 Mar 2008 03:46 | HealthIf you cook, you know. Chop an onion and you risk crying over your cutting board as a burning sensation overwhelms your eyes and nose. Scientists do not know why certain chemical odours,…
From delicious to death: Understanding taste
— 26 Feb 2008 17:50 | HealthDespite the significance of taste to both human gratification and survival, a basic understanding of this primal sense is still unfolding…
Food peptides activate bitter taste receptors
— 23 Jan 2008 06:13 | HealthResearchers from the Monell Centre and Tokyo University of Agriculture have used a novel molecular method to identify chemical compounds from common foods that activate human bitter…
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