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Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), also
known as
phenylthiourea (PTU), is an
organosulfur thiourea containing a
phenyl ring. It has the
unusual property that...
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Arthur L. Fox, a
chemist at DuPont,
discovered that some
people found phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) bitter,
while others found it tasteless. Fox
describes the...
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functions as a
taste receptor,
mediated by
ligands such as PROP and
phenylthiocarbamide that bind to the
receptor and
initiate signaling that
confers various...
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result from the fact that
these plants contain a
compound similar to
phenylthiocarbamide (PTC),
which is
either bitter or
tasteless to
people depending on...
- Kell
blood group (on
chromosome 7 q33) and the
ability to
taste phenylthiocarbamide, or PTC, a bitter-tasting
thiourea compound.
Bitter taste receptor...
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influence the
ability to
taste both 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and
phenylthiocarbamide (PTC).
Though it has
often been
proposed that
varying taste receptor...
- with
drugs such as warfarin, and genotoxicity.
People who can
taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC),
which is
either bitter or tasteless, are less
likely to find...
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ethyl 3-oxohexanoate and thiourea. Propylthiouracil,
together with
phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), are
known to have
bitter taste. However, it
seems the propensity...
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Arthur Fox, a
chemist at DuPont, in Wilmington, Delaware,
synthesized phenylthiocarbamide (PTC). Some
researchers reported a
bitter taste when
entering his...
- is a person, by
means of a
human genotype, who is able to
taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and its
derivative 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP). PTC tastes...
