Physiological taste threshold in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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2012-01
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Abstract
The sense of taste is one of the important oral chemical senses
that play a critical role in human life. The taste threshold increases by
number of factors such as age, local and systemic disease like diabetes,
consumption of alcohol, smoking. The aim of the present study was to
assess the relationship between taste threshold in type 1 diabetics and non
diabetics for four basic taste modalities (i.e. sweet, salt, sour and bitter).
We studied 70 cases of type 1 diabetic and 70 non diabetics. The taste
threshold was evaluated using 7 different serially half diluted concentrations
of glucose (2.00 M–0.031 M), Nacl (1.00 M– 0.0156 M), citric acid (0.05 M–
0.0007 M) and quinine sulphate (0.001 M–0.000015 M). A significant increase
in taste threshold for sweet (P<0.0001), salt, sour and bitter (P<0.001) in
type 1 diabetic was observed. We concluded that taste sensation was reduced
in type 1 diabetics.
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taste threshold, type 1 diabetics, non diabetics, sweet, salt, sour, bitter
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Khobragade Rahul S, Wakode Santosh L, Kale Ashok H. Physiological taste threshold in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 2012 Jan-Mar; 56(1): 42-47.