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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ishimaru, Tadashi
• Hatanaka, Sachiko
• Miwa, Takaki
• Furukawa, Mitsuru

Titel

Clinical Bitterness Masking Test for Phantogeusia

Ist Teil von

• Chemical senses, 2001-01, Vol.26 (1), p.91-93

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• It is difficult to determine the reason why a patient complains of a bitter taste when their mouth is empty. We examined a new diagnostic test using a bitterness masking substance. The bitterness masking substance, ‘Benecoat BMI-60’ (hereafter BMI-60), is a masking substance specific to the taste cells’ bitterness receptors. After patients gargled with BMI-60 solutions, the phantom sensation of bitterness was masked in some patients, but was not masked in others. Bitter substances in saliva seemed to be masked by BMI-60, but bitterness did not seem to be masked when the locus of the phantom sensation was within the peripheral nerve and/or the brain. The bitterness masking test is useful for diagnosis of the phantom sensation of bitter taste.