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Scholars have discovered evidence of a sixth basic taste. The tongue responds to ammonium chloride, a popular ingredient in some Scandinavian candies. The OTOP1 protein receptor, previously linked ...

The researchers also investigated how mice responded to water with and without ammonium chloride. They found that rodents without OTOP1 receptors did not react to ammonium chloride, whereas mice ...

She saw the nerves respond to addition of ammonium chloride in normal mice but not in mice lacking OTOP1. Then the team went one step further and examined how mice react when given a choice to drink ...

Scientists also found that mice with a functional OTOP1 protein found the taste of ammonium chloride unappealing and did not drink water laced with the salt, while those lacking the protein did ...

Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda first proposed umami as a basic taste — in addition to sweet, sour, salty and bitter — in the early 1900s. About eight decades later, the scientific community ...