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ID 111329
Author
Uneyama, Hisayuki Ajinomoto Co.
Kawai, Misako Ajinomoto Co.
Sekine-Hayakawa, Yuki Ajinomoto Co.
Torii, Kunio Ajinomoto Co.
Keywords
dietary L-glutamate
umami taste
human salivation
elderly nutrition
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
The oral gustatory perception during a meal has very important physiological roles such as inducing appetite, smoothing mastication and swallowing, promoting digestion and each nutrient availability. One hundred years ago, L-glutamate was discovered as a new taste substance in Japan. Since then, Japanese taste physiologists have lead the research to establish L-glutamate as the prototype molecule for the fifth basic taste (umami taste), in addition to saltiness, sweetness, bitterness and sourness. Meanwhile, various lines of evidence demonstrated that taste perception is linked to taste stimulioral/ pharyngeal reflexes. In this review, we focus on the efficacy of L-glutamate for human salivation and discuss the possible application of umami taste simulation to the nutritional management for the elderly due to amelioration of their quality of life (QOL).
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
AA12022913
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine Tokushima University
Volume
56
Issue
Supplement
Start Page
197
End Page
204
Sort Key
197
Published Date
2009-12
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language
eng
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