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. 2009 Mar 11;101(5):2459–2471. doi: 10.1152/jn.90892.2008

TABLE 1.

Taste stimuli, their abbreviations, and concentrations

Stimulus Class Abbreviation Concentration, M
Block 1
    Glycine Sweet G 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1
    Sucrose Sweet S 0.3, 0.5, 1
    NaCl Salt N 0.01, 0.03, .1
    HCl Acid H 0.001, 0.003, 0.01
    Quinine-HCl Bitter Q 0.001, 0.003, 0.01
Block 2
    d-sorbitol Sweet sor 1
    d-fructose Sweet fru 1
    l-proline Sweet pro 1
    Na+-saccharin Art. sweet sac 0.01
    Acesulfame-K+ Art. sweet ace 0.1
    l-glutamic acid (Na+) Glutamate msg 0.5
Block 3
    d-glucose Sweet glu 1
    Na+-acetate Salt naa 0.1
    Na+-nitrate Salt nan 0.1
    Potassium chloride Salt kcl 0.1
    Citric acid Acid cit 0.01
    Papaverine-HCl Bitter pap 0.03
    Denatonium benzoate Bitter den 0.01

Standard concentrations are in bold.