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Phenylthiocarbamide tasting

MedGen UID:
358313
•Concept ID:
C1868398
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Finding
Synonyms: PHENYLTHIOCARBAMIDE TASTING; PTC TASTING
 
OMIM®: 171200; 607751

Professional guidelines

PubMed

A meta-analysis on polymorphic trait of taste perception mediated by TAS2R38 genotype.
Shivam V
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 2024 Oct;32(5):497-505. Epub 2024 May 30 doi: 10.1037/pha0000728. PMID: 38815112
TAS2R38 genotypes and phenylthiocarbamide bitter taste perception in a population of young adults.
Khataan NH, Stewart L, Brenner DM, Cornelis MC, El-Sohemy A
J Nutrigenet Nutrigenomics 2009;2(4-5):251-6. Epub 2010 May 19 doi: 10.1159/000297217. PMID: 20484932
Duodenal ulcer: genetic analysis by the phenylthiocarbamide test.
Stanchev I, Tsonev K, Minchev M
Folia Med (Plovdiv) 1985;27(3):13-6. PMID: 3938750

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Phenylthiocarbamide taste perception and susceptibility to motion sickness: linking higher susceptibility with higher phenylthiocarbamide taste acuity.
Sharma K, Sharma P, Sharma A, Singh G
J Laryngol Otol 2008 Oct;122(10):1064-73. Epub 2008 Feb 5 doi: 10.1017/S0022215107001442. PMID: 18252010
Phenylthiocarbamide tasting and family history of depression, revisited: low rates of depression in families of supertasters.
Joiner TE Jr, Perez M
Psychiatry Res 2004 Apr 15;126(1):83-7. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.020. PMID: 15081630
Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) tasting in paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenic patients.
Schlosberg A, Baruch I
Percept Mot Skills 1992 Apr;74(2):383-6. doi: 10.2466/pms.1992.74.2.383. PMID: 1594398
ABH secretion in Northumberland, England.
Mitchell RJ, Sunderland E
Hum Hered 1982;32(3):181-4. doi: 10.1159/000153287. PMID: 7106783

Diagnosis

Phenylthiocarbamide taste perception and susceptibility to motion sickness: linking higher susceptibility with higher phenylthiocarbamide taste acuity.
Sharma K, Sharma P, Sharma A, Singh G
J Laryngol Otol 2008 Oct;122(10):1064-73. Epub 2008 Feb 5 doi: 10.1017/S0022215107001442. PMID: 18252010
Phenylthiocarbamide tasting and family history of depression, revisited: low rates of depression in families of supertasters.
Joiner TE Jr, Perez M
Psychiatry Res 2004 Apr 15;126(1):83-7. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.020. PMID: 15081630
Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) tasting in paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenic patients.
Schlosberg A, Baruch I
Percept Mot Skills 1992 Apr;74(2):383-6. doi: 10.2466/pms.1992.74.2.383. PMID: 1594398
PHENYLTHIOCARBAMIDE-TASTING IN THE MENTALLY IMMATURE.
AZEVEDO E, SNYDER LH, KRIEGER H
Lancet 1965 Jun 5;1(7397):1323-4. PMID: 14288581

Prognosis

Emotional stability is associated with the MAOA promoter uVNTR polymorphism in women.
Rodríguez-Ramos Á, Moriana JA, García-Torres F, Ruiz-Rubio M
Brain Behav 2019 Sep;9(9):e01376. Epub 2019 Aug 25 doi: 10.1002/brb3.1376. PMID: 31448578Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Emotional stability is associated with the MAOA promoter uVNTR polymorphism in women.
Rodríguez-Ramos Á, Moriana JA, García-Torres F, Ruiz-Rubio M
Brain Behav 2019 Sep;9(9):e01376. Epub 2019 Aug 25 doi: 10.1002/brb3.1376. PMID: 31448578Free PMC Article

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