Five canonical tastes, bitter, sweet, umami (amino acid), salty, and sour (acid), are detected
by animals as diverse as fruit flies and humans, consistent with a near-universal drive to …

The present review examines the pig as a model for physiological studies in human subjects
related to nutrient sensing, appetite regulation, gut barrier function, intestinal microbiota and …

In the past several years, tremendous progress has been achieved with the discovery and
characterization of vertebrate taste receptors from the T1R and T2R families, which are …

Whenever food is placed in the mouth, taste receptors are stimulated. Simultaneously,
different types of sensory fibre that monitor several food attributes such as texture …

Taste receptors function as one of the interfaces between internal and external milieus.
Taste receptors for sweet and umami (T1R [taste receptor, type 1]), bitter (T2R [taste …

Steviol glycosides, the sweet principle of Stevia Rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni, have recently
been approved as a food additive in the EU. The herbal non-nutritive high-potency …

Postprandial insulin release is regulated by glucose, but other circulating nutrients may
target beta cells and potentiate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion via distinct signaling …

Much of our appreciation of food is due to the excitement of the perception of “sweet” and
“umami” taste. With a special focus on natural products, this Review gives a summary of …

One of the most distinctive features of human sweet taste perception is its broad tuning to
chemically diverse compounds ranging from low-molecular-weight sweeteners to sweet …

The current understanding of peripheral molecular events involved in sweet taste sensation
in humans is reviewed. Included are discussions of the sweetener receptor T1R2/T1R3, its …