Melania Melis

Taste Perception of Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, and Umami and Changes Due to l-Arginine Supplementation, as a Function of Genetic Ability to Taste 6-n-Propylthiouracil

Melania Melis, Iole Tomassini Barbarossa · Nutrients · 2017 · 113 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +17

The Gustin (CA6) Gene Polymorphism, rs2274333 (A/G), as a Mechanistic Link between PROP Tasting and Fungiform Taste Papilla Density and Maintenance

Melania Melis, E. Atzori, Stefano Cabras et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 112 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Responsiveness to 6-n-Propylthiouracil (PROP) Is Associated with Salivary Levels of Two Specific Basic Proline-Rich Proteins in Humans

Tiziana Cabras, Melania Melis, Massimo Castagnola et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 97 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +13

Associations between Orosensory Perception of Oleic Acid, the Common Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (rs1761667 and rs1527483) in the CD36 Gene, and 6-n-Propylthiouracil (PROP) Tasting

Melania Melis, Giorgia Sollai, Patrizia Muroni et al. · Nutrients · 2015 · 84 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Genetics, Nutrition +14

The gustin (CA6) gene polymorphism, rs2274333 (A/G), is associated with fungiform papilla density, whereas PROP bitterness is mostly due to TAS2R38 in an ethnically-mixed population

Iole Tomassini Barbarossa, Melania Melis, Mitchell Z. Mattes et al. · Physiology & Behavior · 2014 · 63 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +15