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Taste thresholds of phenylthiocarbamate

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The common frequency of the nontasting gene for phenylthiocarbamate (about 28%) has been found both in Indian adults and in Indian children aged between 6 and 11 years. However, a much lower frequency (less than 11%) was obtained when both Turkish adults and Turkish children aged between 6 and 11 years were tested. On the other hand. English children under the age of 7 years possessed a higher frequency (up to 60%). English children aged 9 years or older had a frquency comparable with that of English adults (about 28%). It was found that between the ages of 7 and 9 many English nontaster children became tasters, which accounts for the observed change in frequency. The reasons for these variations are being investigated.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Turkey

    A. Akcasu

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Madurai Medical College, Madras, India

    Lalitha Kameswaran

  3. Rajendra Memorial Research Institute, Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

    R. K. Sanyal

  4. Department of Applied Biology, North East London Polytechnic, Romford Road, London E 15, England

    G. B. West

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Akcasu, A., Kameswaran, L., Sanyal, R.K. et al. Taste thresholds of phenylthiocarbamate. Behav Genet 4, 305–315 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066152

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