Author/Authors :
filiptsova, o.v. national university of pharmacy - biology department, Ukraine , timoshyna, i.a. national university of pharmacy - human anatomy and physiology department, Ukraine , kobets, y.n. national university of pharmacy - pharmaceutical marketing and management department, Ukraine , kobets, m.n. national university of pharmacy - pharmaceutical marketing and management department, Ukraine , burlaka, i.s. national university of pharmacy - biology department, Ukraine , hurko, i.a. national university of pharmacy - biology department, Ukraine
Abstract :
Background: The taste sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is one of the classical genetic markers in human studies. PTC is of great interest from the medical point of view since a number of associations of the taster status with human diseases have been found. The aim of our study was to evaluate the population structure of Ukraine in relation to PTC sensitivity. Methods: The study involved 533 people (78 males and 455 females) aged from 16 to 25. years. The PTC solution in the concentration of 0.13% was prepared according to the method of Harris and Kalmus. The participants of the study analyzed the taste of the filter paper impregnated with PTC. If the trial subjects tasted PTC as bitter
