The most bitter-tasting substance on Earth is the bitter bracket fungus, also known as Amaropostia stiptica. It was ...

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

The discovery could help create new "sensorially appealing foods" that improve digestion and feelings of fullness.

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

Both ibuprofen and naproxen potently inhibit hTAS1R2–TAS1R3 receptors that sense sweetness in a dose-dependent manner. The suppression of sugar signaling by ibuprofen and naproxen at physiological ...

New research from the Technical University of Munich suggests genetics may play a role in why some people find coffee more ...

Researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Center have succeeded in growing mature taste receptor cells outside the body. They have also been successful in keeping the cells alive for a prolonged ...

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The molecular world of bitter compounds has so far only been partially explored. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for ...

"What we discovered is that ibuprofen and naproxen inhibit activation of the sweet taste receptor in people, as well as in human cells," said senior author and Monell Member Paul AS Breslin ...

Piddini and her colleagues decided to investigate further, knocking out Gr64 function in larval epithelial cells containing the stress-inducing mutations. Losing the taste receptors resulted in “a ...

Saccharin and cyclamate can have a bitter aftertaste, but not when combined. Here’s why. Artificial sweeteners can have a not-so-sweet side — a bitter aftertaste. The flavor can be such a ...