COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TASTE SENSITIVITY TO PHENYLTHIOCARBAMIDE IN NORMOGLYCAEMICS AND IN DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2

Authors

  • DR.MOMI BARUAH Department of Physiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, India
  • DR.ANJALI JOSHI Department of Physiology, Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India

Keywords:

Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), diabetes mellitus, tasters, non-tasters.

Abstract

Taste drives appetite and protects us from poisons.Taste is a sensory cue which is modified by a variety of physiological and pathological factors ranging from genetic, cultural ,aging and hormonal factorsThis study was done to find out the distribution of tasters and non-tasters in normoglycaemics and those with diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and also find out the predisposition to Diabetes in PTC tasters and non- tasters.100 Diabetic and 100 non-diabetic subjects were tested for their taste sensitivity to PTC.

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31.12.2013

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DR.MOMI BARUAH, & DR.ANJALI JOSHI. (2013). COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TASTE SENSITIVITY TO PHENYLTHIOCARBAMIDE IN NORMOGLYCAEMICS AND IN DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 4(4), 727–730. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/2926

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Volume 4, Issue 4, 2013

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