Examples of tastant in the following topics:
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- Odorants and tastants produce signal molecules received by receptors, which are then processed by the brain to identify smells and tastes.
- Thus, like olfaction, each receptor is specific to its stimulus (tastant).
- Sour tastants are acids which belong to the thermoreceptor protein family.
- Sweet, bitter, and umami tastants require a G-protein-coupled receptor.
- These tastants bind to their respective receptors, thereby exciting the specialized neurons associated with them.
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- Specialized cells in the gustatory system that are located on the tongue are called taste buds, and they sense tastants (taste molecules).
- The taste buds send the information from the tastants to the brain, where a molecule is processed as a certain taste.