Two new tastes? Or more?
umami - ìdeliciousnessî
glutamate acts on a mutant glutamate receptor found in taste cells (found February 2000)
first identified as a taste in 1908
Fats
free fatty acids in mouth close K+ channel
specific fatty acid transporters directly increase [Ca2+]I
ìthermalî tastes (2000)
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