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Sucrose Octaacetate-Taster Mice Have More Vallate Taste Buds Than Non-Tasters

Sucrose Octaacetate-Taster Mice Have More Vallate Taste Buds Than Non-Tasters

I J Miller Jr, G Whitney

Neurosci Lett. 1989 May 22;100(1-3):271-5.

PMID: 2761777

Abstract:

Taste buds were counted in two strains of mice which have been characterized in terms of their taste avoidance of the bitter-tasting substance, sucrose octaacetate (SOA). One strain (SWR/J) avoids SOA and is referred to as "taster' while the other strain (C57BL/6J) does not avoid SOA at the same concentration and is termed "non-taster'. The taster-strain contains a significantly greater number of taste buds in its vallate papillae than the non-tasters do. The relative number of taste buds which individual mice and humans possess probably contributes to the relative differences in their sensitivity and preference behaviors.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP126147-B	Sucrose octaacetate		126-14-7	Price

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