Effects of gymnemic acid concentration and time since exposure on intensity of simple tastes: A test of the biphasic model for the action of gymnemic acid
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemical Senses
- Vol. 7 (2) , 143-152
- https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/7.2.143
Abstract
At several intervals following exposure to gymnemic acid, subjects judged the sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, and sourness of simple taste stimuli. The experiment was expressly designed to test Kennedy and Halpern's (1980) biphasic model for the action of gymnemic acid. The model predicts selective suppression of sweet taste immediately following exposure to gymnemic acid but nonselective disruption of tastes with the passage of time. The data show dramatic reductions in sweet taste which recover with time but no reductions in bitterness, saltiness, or sourness at any time following exposure to any of a wide range of gymnemic acid concentrations.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: