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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
The bitterness of 11 commercial medicines was evaluated both by a multichannel taste sensor and in human gustatory sensation tests with 15 volunteers. For basic drugs with amino groups in the molecule, such as quinine, there was a comparatively strong relative response electric potential (mV) of channels 1 or 2, those containing negatively charged membranes and the bitterness determined by human gustatory sensation tests. The suppression of the bitterness of quinine by sucrose and aspartame could be quantified using the artificial taste sensor and the results concurred with those from gustatory sensation tests. The usefulness of the sensor was thus confirmed for this type of compound. Anionic drugs, such as diclofenac sodium or salicylic acid gave rise in a negative response electric potential in channels 5 or 6, those containing positively charged membrane, seemed to be useful information even though their tastes are being sour rather than bitter. For drugs with both an amino (cationic) group and carboxylic acid (anionic) group in the molecule, such as theophylline, caffeine, and metronidazole, the relative response electric potential (mV) of channels containing negatively charged membranes was not increased, even though bitterness was observed in human gustatory sensation tests. Therefore, a different design of membrane component is required for more general evaluation of the bitterness of various medicines.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0009-2363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1843-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative evaluation of the bitterness of commercial medicines using a taste sensor.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan. takahiro@mwu.mukogawa-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article