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Haplotypes of Human Bitter Taste Receptor Genes
Bitter taste has evolved in mammals as a crucial, important warning signal against ingestion of poisonous or toxic compounds. However, many beneficial compounds are also bitter, and taste masking of bitter tasting pharmaceutical compounds is a billion dollar industry. The diversity of compounds that elicit bitter-taste sensations is very large and...
Published: 10/28/2024   |   Inventor(s): Un-kyung Kim, Dennis Drayna
Keywords(s): AC4XXX, ACXXXX, AXXXXX, Bitter, bitter taste, Chromosome 22 ring, flavor evaluation, Haplotypes, Human, ICXXXX, IXXXXX, population genetics, R 22, RECEPTOR, SNPs, TASTE, taste masking, taste receptors, VARIANTS
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Therapeutics, Application > Research Materials, Application > Diagnostics
Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Receptor
Bitter taste has evolved in mammals as a central warning signal against ingestion of poisonous or toxic compounds. However, many beneficial compounds are also bitter and taste masking of bitter tasting pharmaceutical compounds is a billion dollar industry. The diversity of compounds that elicit bitter-taste sensations is vast and more than two dozen...
Published: 10/28/2024   |   Inventor(s): Un-kyung Kim, Dennis Drayna
Keywords(s): bitter taste, ICXXXX, IXXXXX, Phenylthiocarbamide, POLYMORPHISMS, PTC, RECEPTOR, SNPs, taste masking
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Diagnostics, Application > Research Materials, Application > Therapeutics