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The article actually says that sour receptors detect ammonium chloride. This means that there is no new taste. For there to be a new one, there would need to be
by compressedgas 3y ago
The article actually says that sour receptors detect ammonium chloride. This means that there is no new taste. For there to be a new one, there would need to be a kind of receptor which is activated while the rest of them are inactive.
- vlz 3y agoYes, is this just a baseless headline? From the articles descriptions and from the abstract of the linked paper here https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41637-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41637-4 I would have thought this is about how tasting sour works not about a completely new taste.
- lvncelot 3y ago> sour detector > baseless heh.
- A_No_Name_Mouse 3y agoIf the same receptor can distinguish between 2 distinct tastes I would consider it a different basic taste. In my experience ammonium chloride does not taste sourat all, so this might be the case. The article does not mention that though.
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