Green tea is popularly known for its pleasant flavor and health-care functions. Bitterness and
astringency are the two important quality attributes of green tea that enrich tea flavor …

The bitter taste is generally considered an undesirable sensory attribute. However, bitter‐
tasting compounds can significantly affect the overall flavor of many foods and beverages …

Motivation The identification of bitter peptides through experimental approaches is an
expensive and time-consuming endeavor. Due to the huge number of newly available …

Abstract BitterDB (http://bitterdb. agri. huji. ac. il) was introduced in 2012 as a central
resource for information on bitter-tasting molecules and their receptors. The information in …

Taste peptides, as an important component of protein-rich foodstuffs, potentiate the nutrition
and taste of food. Thereinto, umami-and bitter-taste peptides have been ex tensively …

In general, hydrolyzed proteins, plant-derived alkaloids and toxins displays unpleasant bitter
taste. Thus, the perception of bitter taste plays a crucial role in protecting animals from …

Bitter taste is an innately aversive taste modality that is considered to protect animals from
consuming toxic compounds. Yet, bitterness is not always noxious and some bitter …

Bitter taste receptors (taste family 2 bitter receptor proteins; T2Rs), discovered in many
tissues outside the tongue, have recently become potential therapeutic targets. We have …

The capacity to discriminate safe from dangerous compounds has played an important role
in the evolution of species, including human beings. Highly evolved senses such as taste …

Chronic rhinosinusitis has a significant impact on patient quality of life, creates billions of
dollars of annual healthcare costs, and accounts for∼ 20% of adult antibiotic prescriptions in …