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Phenylthiocarbamide Taste Sensitivity in Alcoholism
Author(s) -
Swinson R. P.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1973.tb01219.x
Subject(s) - taste , etiology , bitter taste , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , food science , biology
Summary A number of genetically determined characteristics have been investigated in alcoholic populations to ascertain the possibility of a genetic influence in the aetiology of alcoholism. The present study details an investigation of one such characteristic; the taste threshold of phenylthiocarbamide (P.T.C.), Although the distribution of alcoholic subjects along the taste/non‐taste continuum was significantly different than the distribution of control subjects there was no evidence that this difference was due to genetic influences.