Chemistry of Taste: Mechanisms, Behaviors and Mimics (ACS Symposium Series) - Hardcover

9780841237346: Chemistry of Taste: Mechanisms, Behaviors and Mimics (ACS Symposium Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0841237344 ISBN 13: 9780841237346

Publisher: American Chemical Society, 2002

Chemistry of Taste: Mechanisms, Behaviors and Mimics explores all of the links between physiology and chemoreception mechanisms, genetic determination of taste ability, olfaction, psychophysics, integration of taste and smell, and human taste preferences and consumer test models. These links are established by building a tool box of taste and olfaction mechanisms, and adding layers of taste and smell interactions, the psychological and cognitive aspects of taste and olfaction stimuli, and elements that drive consumer preferences. The book includes a short section on advanced analytical approaches to the prediction and understanding of human behavior based on advanced chemical analyses. Chemistry of Taste bridges the gap between biochemical mechanisms and why consumers choose certain products, giving companies a competitive advantage. Since this book spans and integrates a wide spectrum of narrow disciplines that all contribute to the human sensory experience, the material is fresh and unlike any existing publications. Furthermore, this book will appeal to a wide audience, including food and beverage professionals, flavor and fragrance professionals, and pharmaceutical professionals who are responsible for the palatability of orally ingested products.

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... this book is replete with up-to-date and important information on taste and smell. * Chemistry & Industry * The editors are to be congratulated on bringing together so many leading scientists in the field, to produce such an indisputably important volume. * Chemistry & Industry *

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