tastant

(noun)

Any substance that stimulates the sense of taste.

Related Terms

  • umami
  • gustducin

Examples of tastant in the following topics:

  • Gustation: Taste Buds and Taste

    • Specialized cells in the gustatory system that are located on the tongue are called taste buds, and they sense tastants (taste molecules).
    • The taste buds send the information from the tastants to the brain, where a molecule is processed as a certain taste.
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