Sodium chloride is an important ingredient added to most of foods which contributes to flavor enhancement and food preservation but excess intake of sodium chloride may also cause various diseases such as heart diseases, osteoporosis and so on. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the effect of monosodium glutamate (MSG) as a salty flavor enhancer on the quality and sensorial pr...

Objective To investigate the gustatory function in patients with semantic dementia (SD). Methods Detection and recognition thresholds of the 4 basic tastes (sweet, salty, sour, and bitter), taste discrimination, and taste identification were evaluated in 18 patients with SD, 18 patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), and 22 healthy controls. Results Total detection and recognition threshold v...

INTRODUCTION Numerous factors and conditions affect the dietary behaviours of the young population. Urban-rural differences may also influence the lifestyle of adolescents, including diet. AIM To describe dietary behaviours of two young populations: living in urban or rural areas in the district of Szamotuły (a city with a population of 19,000 inhabitants). MATERIAL AND METHODS 116 adolesce...

BACKGROUND High sodium intake is a potential risk factor of gastric cancer. However, limited information is available on the relationship between salty food preference or intake and risk of gastric cancer. The aim of the present study was to determine the association between these variables among the Japanese population. METHODS Between 1988 and 1990, 15,732 men and 24,997 women aged 40-79 ye...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Taste perception is one of the most important primary oral reinforcers, driving nutrient and energy intake as well as toxin avoidance. Taste receptors in the gastrointestinal tract might as well impact appetitive or aversive behavior and thus influence learning tasks and a close relation of neural taste processing and working memory networks seems plausible. METHODS In the pre...

The genus Streptomyces is a widespread genus within the phylum Actinobacteria and has been isolated from various environments worldwide. However, little is known about whether biogeography affects distributional pattern of Streptomyces in salty environments. Such information is essential for understanding the ecology of Streptomyces. Here we analyzed four house-keeping genes (16S rRNA, rpoB, re...

Abstract The stability of coal pillar dams is influenced by cyclic fluctuations salty water from underground reservoir. Subjected to long-term drying-wetting cycles in solution, the microstructure and surface topography can be significantly changed which results deterioration mechanical properties. To investigate damage mechanism subjected uniaxial compression test prepared samples were conduct...

Sensory characteristics of Thai fish sauces is one of the most important factors of consumer perception. This study aims to characterize sensory properties of Thai fish sauces, and to categorize Thai fish sauces based on the sensory properties. Twenty samples composing of 12 commercial Thai fish sauces (P) and 8 commercial Thai mixed fish sauces (M) were collected. Generic descriptive quantitat...