“Taste receptor cells sensitive to each tastant are present in taste buds across the tongue, meaning that there is no taste map representing regions of the tongue corresponding to specific ...

While taste receptors are traditionally associated with the tongue and our ability to perceive flavors, recent studies have ...

Although a bracket fungus proved to be the least palatable, it is not poisonous. This conclusion could make scientists ...

Scientists found powerful bitter compounds in a mushroom, revealing new insights into how our bodies sense bitterness.

The bitter bracket fungus, Amaropostia stiptica, is probably not available at your local farmer's market, and if you didn't ...

One compound discovered during the study, oligoporin D, stimulated the bitter taste receptor on the tongue, called TAS2R46, even at the lowest concentrations. Just a gram of oligoporin D dissolved in ...

Best known as the tongue-tingling punch behind salty licorice, this sharp taste might just deserve a spot among the basic five. Taste is a type of chemical sensing picked up by special receptors ...

Miraculin, the protein from the miracle berry, is a taste modifier that binds to receptors on the tongue making acidic foods taste sweet. The berry, usually freeze-dried or in a tablet, had a popular ...

The scientists noted that adding a common sweetener to taste receptors in hair follicles appeared to prevent hair growth in laboratory tests. According to experts, public healthcare treatments for ...

One compound discovered during the study, oligoporin D, stimulated the bitter taste receptor on the tongue, called TAS2R46, even at the lowest concentrations. Just a gram of oligoporin D dissolved ...