umami

(noun)

one of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats

Related Terms

  • olfactory
  • receptor

Examples of umami in the following topics:

  • Tastes and Odors

    • The primary tastes detected by humans are sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami .
    • The identification of umami as a fundamental taste occurred fairly recently.
    • The taste of umami, also known as savoriness, is attributable to the taste of the amino acid L-glutamate.
    • The adaptive value of being able to distinguish umami is that savory substances tend to be high in protein.
    • These taste buds, located in papillae which are found across the tongue, are specific for the five modalities: salt, sweet, sour, bitter and umami.
  • Reception and Transduction

    • Sweet, bitter, and umami tastants require a G-protein-coupled receptor.
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