Halloween+taste Flashcards
5 tastes and to what compound they respond to
The largest and most structurally diverse class of taste compounds
Bitter
Bitter receptor
how fast our tongue regenerate?
Groups of compounds that exhibit bitter taste (6)
Why we can eat bitter if it is associated with toxic compounds
Why there is increased nausea during pregnancy, and why we nausea is an indication of a good pregnancy?
How taste bud can function as endocrine organ?
Strong bitter compounds cause what body response?
Why do we look for sugar and a sour taste in terms of an evolutionary perspective?
Acids indicate vitamin C (humans lack gluconolactone oxidase gene to make vitamin C)
Why umami taste have appeared in humans?
Do all mammals have salivary amylase
Why there was a need to develop salty taste?
Name some cruciferous vegetables
Why should we eat crucifreous vegetables?
What is the precursor to a bioactive compound in cruciferous vegetables? What is the enzyme that will result in unstable intermediate? Bioactive final compound
Sulforaphane is a potent Isothiocyanate
What pathway sulforaphane influences? what does it do
Sulforaphane is an activator of NRF2 pathway
How sulforaphane can acts as anticarcinogen in liver?
How else sulforaphane helps against cancer outside of liver?
What enzyme family is involved in first phase of liver detoxification?
Cytochrome P450 family
By what phase 1 in liver is activated?
What is the purpose of phase 1 in liver?
How sulforaphane prolongs life?
Cooking decreases glucoraphanin in vegetables, what can be done to increase it?
