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taste classification
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chemoreception
- In chemoreception: Taste
…taste are usually recognized: sweet, salt, sour, bitter, and umami. But this is an anthropocentric view of a system that has evolved to give animals information about the nutrient content and the potential dangers of the foods they eat. The major nutrient requirements of all animals are carbohydrates, which act…
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flavours
- In flavour
…by five fundamental taste sensations—sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami. Substances can be tasted only when they are in water solutions, and if a substance is not in solution when taken into the mouth, it must be dissolved in saliva before it can be detected by the taste buds. The…
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