Diabetes is a widespread disease representing an enormous part of the total health costs. An early diagnostic could be of extremely importance both for the understanding and prevention of this pathology. Saliva is a fluid with increasing interest as a source of biomarkers for disease diagnostic and saliva protein composition changes have already been reported for diabetic individuals. However, the studies were ...
A obesidade é actualmente considerada uma epidemia estando associada a uma predisposição genética do indivíduo e a um consumo energético desadequado O consumo de alimentos ricos em gordura é um dos factores que contribui para o ganho de peso e obesidade. O gosto é um factor determinante na escolha de alimentos e variações individuais na sensibilidade gustativa podem condicionar os hábitos alimentares. O present...
Saliva is the main component of taste receptor cells external environment, and consequently it may have a decisive role in taste perception. Taste sensitivity varies among different individuals. Sensitivity to the compound n-6-propylthiouracil (PROP) has been considerably studied and besides the known influence of genetic background, the contribution of perireceptor environment is not completely clear yet. Sali...
Diabetes is a widespread disease representing an enormous part of the total health costs. An early diagnostic could be of extremely importance both for the understanding and prevention of this pathology. Saliva is a fluid with increasing interest as a source of biomarkers for disease diagnostic and saliva protein composition changes have already been reported for diabetic individuals. However, the studies were ...
Saliva is the main component of taste receptor cells external environment, and consequently it may have a decisive role in taste perception. Taste sensitivity varies among different individuals. Sensitivity to the compound n-6-propylthiouracil (PROP) has been considerably studied and besides the known influence of genetic background, the contribution of perireceptor environment is not completely clear yet. Sali...
Dissertação de mest., Ciências Biomédicas, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. do Algarve, 2011 ; A obesidade é um problema de saúde pública, muitas vezes associado a um consumo aumentado de gordura, o que poderá ter a ver com alterações na percepção dos alimentos. A saliva é uma mistura complexa de proteínas e minerais, com funções fisiológicas importantes, tendo um papel na percepção dos alimentos. Ass...
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