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Sour Taste Intensity Matching With Fatty Acids Taste

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Led By Richard D Mattes, PhD
Research Sponsored by Purdue University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
* male and female age 18 to 65
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 2 hours
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

Investigators are trying to find the concentrations of fatty acids ( a part of the fat and flavor typically found in normal foods) that have a taste intensity similar to that to the sourness of vinegar solutions.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~2 hours
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 2 hours for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Intensity

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: taste testingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will first taste 5 sour solution containing acetic acid for sour compounds, sucrose esters, and xanthan gum to help them stay dissolved). Then rate them for their taste intensities. Next, participants will taste 5 butyric acid solutions, 5 hexenoic acid solutions, 5 caprylic acid solutions, 5 lauric acid solutions, 5 palmitic acid solutions, 5 oleic acid solutions, and 5 linoleic acid solutions (all will also contain the sucrose esters and xanthan gums.) and rate them for their taste intensities. This should take no longer than 1 hour. Participants will spit all samples into a cup after tasting them. They will not swallow any samples.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Purdue UniversityLead Sponsor
233 Previous Clinical Trials
71,358 Total Patients Enrolled
2 Trials studying Dysgeusia
101 Patients Enrolled for Dysgeusia
Richard D Mattes, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorPurdue University
16 Previous Clinical Trials
1,224 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Dysgeusia
38 Patients Enrolled for Dysgeusia
~2 spots leftby Dec 2025