Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (대한안면통증구강내과학회)
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Suprathreshold Taste Intensities for Sucrose, NaCl, Citric Acid, and Quinine HCl in Young Koreans and the Influence of Sex, Taste Preference, and Smoking

청년 한국인의 초역치 미각강도에 대한 성, 미각기호 및 흡연의 영향

  • Kim, Sun-Hee (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Hur, Yun-Kyung (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Choi, Jae-Kap (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry Kyungpook National University)
  • 김선희 (경북대학교 치과대학 구강내과학교실) ;
  • 허윤경 (경북대학교 치과대학 구강내과학교실) ;
  • 최재갑 (경북대학교 치과대학 구강내과학교실)
  • Published : 2005.06.30
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to measure the suprathreshold taste intensity for sucrose, NaCl, citric acid, and quinine HCl in Korean young people using a whole-mouth, sip-and-spit procedure, employing the method of magnitude matching. The results were analysed in terms of sex, taste preference, and smoker or nonsmoker. One hundred twenty three subjects (61 male and 62 female, mean age of 25.2$\pm$2.1 years) were included for the study. Subjects were instructed to give nonmodulus magnitude estimates to the intensities of five concentrations each of sucrose, NaCl, citric acid, and quinine HCl; distilled water; 6 loudness levels of a 1,000-Hz tone, using the same 9-point intensity scale. Each of the 21 taste stimuli and 6 auditory stimuli are presented in random order twice. The auditory function is used to assess the absolute intensity function of the subject's taste system. The results were as follows; 1. The perceived taste intensity for sucrose, NaCl, citric acid, and quinine HCl increased progressively as the concentrations of taste solutions were increased. Most of the subjects are standing within the zone of mean value $\pm$1standard deviation in their total perceived intensity score, and nobody is outside the limit of mean value - 2standard deviation. 2. There were not significant difference in total perceived intensities for sucrose, NaCl, citric acid, and quinine HCl between males and females. 3. There were not significant difference in total perceived intensities for sucrose, NaCl, citric acid, and quinine HCl according to the difference in taste preference. 4. There were not significant difference in total perceived intensities for sucrose, NaCl, citric acid, and quinine HCl between smokers and non-smokers in males.

본 연구는 20대의 건강한 한국인을 대상으로 설탕, 소금, 구연산, 염산키니네에 대한 초역치 미각강도를 측정하고 그것이 성, 미각기호, 흡연 등과 어떠한 관련성을 가지는지 구명하기 위해서 수행되었다. 연구 대상으로 경북대학교 치과대학에 재학중인 학생들 중에서 남자 61명, 여자 62명을 선정하였으며 이들의 평균연령은 25.2$\pm$2.1세이었다. 초역치 미각강도의 측정을 위해서 소리자극의 감지강도에 대한 미각자극의 감지강도를 상대적으로 평가하는 규모짝짓기법(magnitude matching)을 이용하였다. 미각기호는 9점 척도를 이용하여 측정하였으며 단맛, 매운맛, 짠맛, 신맛에 대한 선호 정도를 조사하였다. 이렇게 하여 얻은 자료를 분석한 결과 초역치 미각강도의 크기와 변화정도가 미각자극의 종류에 따라 전체적으로 비슷한 수준과 형태를 보였으며 피검자 개인별 차이가 비교적 적었다. 또한 미각기호나 성에 따른 초역치 미각강도의 차이를 발견할 수 없었으며, 흡연에 의한 영향도 인정할 수 없었다.

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