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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Sensations from salts of iron, calcium, magnesium, and zinc with different anions were studied using a sorting task and multidimensional scaling (MDS). Ten divalent salts were adjusted in concentrations such that the mean intensity ratings were approximately equal. Stimuli were sorted on the basis of similarity to minimize any semantic influence and were examined with and without nasal occlusion to eliminate retronasal cues. Compounds representing the four primary tastes and astringency were also sorted. Similarity estimates were derived from sorting and were submitted to MDS. Divalent salts fell outside the area of the space defined by the four primary tastes. The nose-open condition showed that some of the divalent salts have unique metallic sensations along with astringency. The groupings obtained were corroborated using single-linkage cluster analysis. An iron group was most distinctive in metallic sensations; calcium and magnesium salts were primarily bitter; and zinc salts were characterized by astringency. When nasal cues were not available, the sensations from the divalent salts were mainly explained by bitterness and astringency. Results were consistent with a previous evaluation of divalent salts using descriptive analysis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0379-864X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
719-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Anions, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Cluster Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Computational Biology, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Computers, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Ferric Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Magnesium, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Psychophysics, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Research Design, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Salts, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Sensation, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Smell, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Systems Biology, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Taste, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Taste Buds, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Taste Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Taste Threshold, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16221799-Zinc
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Qualitative differences of divalent salts: multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural