Bitter chemoreception

M. G. J. Beets, The Sweet and Bitter Modalities Carbohydrtates, Analogues and Derivatives. In Structure-Activity Relationships in Human Chemoreception Applied Science Publishers Barking, UK, 1978 pp 259-303. 

Since sweet natural products often co-occur in complex mixtures with bitter- and/or neutral-tasting analogs, it is germane to mention briefly some of the presently held views on the mechanism of sweet taste reception. Although sweet taste chemoreception is thought to be mediated by proteinaceous receptor sites located on the microvillus membrane of taste cells of the... 

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