Sensation umami

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There are five primary taste sensations salty, sour, sweet, bitter, and umami (or savory). The receptors for these tastes are encoded in a few dozen genes in the human genome. These are expressed in taste buds. 

Umami" is the Japanese word used to describe the sensation elicited by compounds such as monosodium glutamate, sodium inosinate, sodium guanylate, and ibotenic acid (26-29). The umami sensation is sometimes translated as the sensation of "delicious-ness". The possibility of more than one umami sensation exists, since the monophosphate nucleotides stimulate far back in the oral... 

When extracts were passed through a column of Amberlite IR-120, they lost their umami completely and produced only a slightly sweet sensation. 

Glutamic acid contributes greatly to umami. When it is removed, the characteristic taste of crab and the sweet sensation decrease considerably. 

Removal of phosphate ions causes a slight decrease in sweet and salt sensations as well as umami. 

Apart from the five normal basic tastes - sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami- a great many other actions occur in the mouth, although their importance here is limited. The basic taste sensations are experienced in different areas of the tongue. For example, sweetness is tasted more at the tip of the tongue, sour sensation move on the sides towards the back of the tongue and saltiness on both sides towards the front (Fig. 6.2). Bitter sensations are perceived predominantly towards the back of the tongue, although the precise location varies between individuals, in some cases almost as far back as the throat. This is why it is often difficult to ascertain bitterness. It is best to lick a small sample, so that if possible more papillae are reached. 

There are five primary taste sensations including sweet (carbohydrate based molecules), sour (acidic concentration), salty (sodium chloride), bitter (quinine and other basic functionalities) and umami (salts of glutamic acid). The human tongue does not discriminate every chemical substance composing a flavor it decomposes the taste of foodstuffs into the five basic taste qualities, instead. A single taste bud contains 50-100 taste cells representing all 5 taste sensation. An adult has about 9000 taste buds. 

Taste is mainly a function of the taste buds, of which there are, approximately, 10,000 in the tongue with a few on the soft palate, inner surface of the cheek, pharynx, and epiglottis of the larynx [15]. There are live primary sensations of taste sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. Table 6.3 provides various examples of these. 

MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. It is a natural, but nonessential amino acid. It is used by food manufacturers as a flavor enhancer, and by itself has the taste of umami — the fifth taste sensation we mentioned in Macroscopic Properties The World We See. There have been countless studies on its safety to eat, and the data overwhelmingly supports MSG as being safe to consume even in absurdly large quantities. But don t try to disprove those studies—everything in moderation— your mother was right about that... 

Umami Basic taste sensation associated with mono sodium glutamate (MSG), characterised by fullness of flavour in the mouth often found in bouillons, soy sauce and mushrooms... 

In this text, we will spend substantially more time on the aroma of foods than taste or chemesthetic responses. This is largely due to historical reasons. In the past, the flavor industry and those acndenucrans traditionally considered to be flavor chemists have focused their efforts on the aroma sensation. The flavor industry has traditionally sold the food industry nuxtures of volatile constituents that characterize this ccmponent of flavor. In some instancies, elanents of bitterness and occasionally umami (savory flavorings) have also been supplied by the flavor industry. The food industry has added the other components of flavor, e.g., sweeteners, acidulants, and salts. Thus, discussions of the flavor industry have largely ignored much of taste. Only recently has the flavor industry become involved in selling more complete flavor profiles due to opportunities in the marketplace. 

Taste has generally been thought of as a relatively simple sense being composed of salt, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami sensations (Chapter 1). This simplification is not justified since it is clear that each basic taste sensation has many nuances. Furthermore, it is worthwhile to note that each taste sensation supports a different overall flavor perception. For example, if one uses citric acid in a food system, the citrus notes of the flavor will be enhanced. Phosphoric acid is intimately associated with certain cola flavors. Tartaric acid supports grape flavors. Thus, while each acidulant gives a unique sensory character (taste), it also influences our overall flavor perception (interaction to give an overall flavor perception). 

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) and the 5 -nucleotides are generally recognized as the primary food components that provide the umami sensation [105,106]. MSG is readily measured by ion chromatography or reverse phase HPLC [103]. The 5 -nucleotides are most commonly determined by HPLC as well [107,108] but other methods have found use, e.g., derivative spectrophotometry [108]. 

The sensation of savouriness is distinct from that of saltiness, and is sometimes called umami (the Japanese for savoury). It is largely due to the presence of free amino acids in foods, and hence permits detection of protein-rich foods. Stimulation of the umami receptors of the tongue is the basis of flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate, which is an important constituent of traditional oriental condiments, and is widely used in manufactured foods. 

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