Response of pigs to bitter-tasting compounds.
Two-bottle preference tests were done to determine whether pigs detect bitter-tasting compounds. Four standard bitter compounds and nine bitter-tasting pharmaceutical compounds were tested. Pigs detect and avoid taste compounds that humans perceive as bitter-tasting. A dose-response to varying concentrations of bitter tastants can be measured.
Nelson
S L
SL
Procter & Gamble Company, Health Care Research Center, Mason, OH 45040, USA.
Sanregret
J D
JD
D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000737:chemistry; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D008297:Male; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D011803:Quinine / Q000737:chemistry; D011897:Random Allocation; D012015:Reference Standards; D013395:Sucrose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature / Q000502:physiology*; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects; D014867:Water
D002110:Caffeine; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D011803:Quinine; D013395:Sucrose; D014867:Water; C026879:sucrose octaacetate; C043414:denatonium