Essays about: "rebaudioside A"

Found 2 essays containing the words rebaudioside A.

1. 1. Is sugar as sweet to the palate asseeds are appetizing to the belly? : Taste responsiveness to seven sweet-tastingsubstances in white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia)

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Mikel Redin Hurtado; [2023]
   Keywords : Food-associated carbohydrates; relative sweetness; seed predation; steviol glycosides; taste preference thresholds; taste responsiveness; white-faced sakis;

   Abstract : Differences in taste perception between species are thought to reflect evolutionaryadaptations to dietary specializations such as seed predation. By employing a two-bottlepreference test, the purpose of the current study was to evaluate the taste responsiveness forfive food-associated carbohydrates and two steviol glycosides in four adult white-faced sakis(Pithecia pithecia). READ MORE

3. 2. Gustatory responsiveness of West African Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) to seven substances tasting sweet to humans

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Desirée Sjöström; [2017]
   Keywords : chimpanzees; fructose; lactose; glucose; maltose; rebaudioside A; stevioside; sucrose; taste preference threshol;

   Abstract : Comparative studies of taste perception have found that primates may differ markedly in their sensitivity for substances perceived as sweet by humans. These findings raise questions about the reason that may underlie these differences in sweet-taste sensitivity between species. READ MORE