Diverse approaches to diverse receptors: a multidimensional study of caffeine perception
Humans exhibit striking, heritable variability in bitter taste sensitivity that has spurred genetics research for 95 years (Wooding 2006).It was first discovered in the early 1930s that individuals vary profoundly in ability to perceive phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and its chemical relatives, with some people able to sense it at millimolar concentrations while others find it tasteless.Further, the trait segregated strongly in families, revealing
Authors
- Stephen Wooding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7559-338X)
Institutions
- University of California, Merced (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemical Senses
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaf044
- Primary Topic
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00