Genetic Variation of an Odourant Receptor and Sensory Perception of Cooked Meat Containing Androstenone
Researchers in Norway have found that people with a particular variant of the OR7D4 odour receptor are sensitive to meat containing androstenone. It is this steroid that is largely responsible for boar taint, which is associated with negative reaction by some consumers to meat from male pigs.
3 May 2012
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