Gustatory cross adaptation between sweet-tasting compounds

8 Sweet - tasting Proteins

Gustatory responsiveness of West African Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) to seven substances tasting sweet to humans

Chemoreception: Tasting the sweet and the bitter

Our understanding of the molecular basis of taste transduction has lagged behind that of other senses, but now a signalling protein-the G protein alpha subunit gustducin-has been shown to be taste-tissue specific and essential for both bitter and sweet tastes.

Gustatory responses of the hamster Mesocricetus auratus to various compounds considered sweet by humans.

The taste of 30 compounds was studied in the golden hamster with three different methods: single-fiber recordings, two-bottle preference (TBP), and conditioned taste aversion (CTA) tests. On the whole, the results showed that the sense of taste in the hamster differs in many respects from that in humans because, of 26 tested compounds known as sweet to humans, 11 had no taste or tasted differen...

Response of pigs to bitter-tasting compounds.

Two-bottle preference tests were done to determine whether pigs detect bitter-tasting compounds. Four standard bitter compounds and nine bitter-tasting pharmaceutical compounds were tested. Pigs detect and avoid taste compounds that humans perceive as bitter-tasting. A dose-response to varying concentrations of bitter tastants can be measured.