The interaction between propranolol (PROP) and human serum albumin (HSA) was studied in the presence of dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP). DMMP is usually considered as a simulant for chemical warfare agents (CWAs). For this purpose fluorescence quenching, resonance light scattering (RLS), synchronous, three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation were emplo...

Taste sensitivity to PROP varies greatly among individuals and is associated with polymorphisms in the bitter receptor gene TAS2R38, and with differences in fungiform papilla density on the anterior tongue surface. Recently we showed that the PROP non-taster phenotype is strongly associated with the G variant of polymorphism rs2274333 (A/G) of the gene that controls the salivary trophic factor,...

Alcohol produces a range of oral sensations, some of which have been shown to vary with the perceived bitterness of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), one marker for genetic variation in taste. Some studies report that offspring of alcoholics are most likely to be PROP nontasters [Physiol. Behav. 51 (1992) 1261; Physiol. Behav. 64 (1998) 147], yet others report the offspring as more responsive to sod...

Prop Oriented Make-Believe, Metaphor, Fictionalism: Reply to Elisabeth Camp1 Kendall L. Walton (Draft, 16 September 2013) Prop oriented make-believe is make-believe utilized for the purpose of understanding what I call “props,” real world objects or states of affairs that make propositions “fictional,” i.e. true in the make-believe world.2 Prop oriented make-believe plays important roles in two...

A new series of benzylidene-prop-2-ynyl-amines analogues have been synthesized and evaluated for their monoamine oxidase A and B inhibitory activity by determination of IC(50) and selectivity index (SI). Among these inhibitors, benzhydrylidene-prop-2-ynyl-amine (2, IC(50)=32 nM) and (3, 4-dimethoxy-benzylidene)-prop-2-ynyl-amine (10, IC(50)=14 nM) provide the highest inhibitory potency toward m...

Subjects were asked to assess the bitterness of one 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil (PROP) and two quinine HCl (QHCl) concentrations presented via filter papers of varying sizes. The number of taste papillae stimulated by these filter papers was counted in each individual. Whole mouth sensitivity to PROP was determined in a separate session. In support of other demonstrations of spatial summation, thes...

Ethanol's taste attributes undoubtedly contribute to the development of drug preference. Ethanol's taste is both sweet and bitter. Taster status for bitter 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) has been proposed as a genetic marker for alcoholism; however, human results are conflicting. We collected preference scores for both tastants in 4 mouse strains selected on the basis of previously reported taste ...

Determination of the number of fungiform papillae (FP) on the human tongue is an important measure that has frequently been associated with individual differences in oral perception, including taste sensitivity. At present, there is no standardised method consistently used to identify the number of FP, and primarily scientists manually count papillae over a small region(s) of the anterior tip o...

The reactions between several derivatives of 1-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-prop-2-yn-1-ol and different ruthenium starting materials [i.e., RuCl₂(PPh₃)₃ and RuCl₂(p-cymene)(L), where L is tricyclohexylphosphine di-t-butylmethylphosphine, dicyclohexylphenylphosphine, triisobutylphosphine, triisopropylphosphine, or tri-n-propylphosphine] are described. Several of these reactions allow for the easy, in-...