オカモト　ヨウコ   OKAMOTO Yoko   岡本　洋子    所属   広島修道大学  健康科学部    職種   契約教員（教授）
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2018/08
形態種別	学術論文
査読	査読有り
標題	A Study on the Taste-modifying Phenomenon of Miracle Fruit
執筆形態	共著
掲載誌名	J. Cookery Sci. Jpn.
掲載区分	国内
巻・号・頁	51(4),pp.229-235
頁数	7
担当範囲	研究計画立案と遂行、データ総括、論文執筆を担当
著者・共著者	Yoko OKAMOTO，Kenji TAYAMA，Ayumi FURUTA，Keiko YOSHIDA
概要	Miracle fruit is a taste modifier. Using twelve types of typical sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami foods, we investigated how their taste intensity and palatability changed after participants tasted miracle fruit. In five sour foods, a decrease in bitter taste intensity and an increase in umami taste intensity were observed as well as a decrease in sour taste intensity and an increase in sweet taste intensity (p<0.01). A further increase in sweet taste intensity was also observed in non-sour foods (p<0.01). Palatability increased in the eight sour foods, whereas no changes in palatability were observed in sweet, salty, bitter and umami foods. After tasting miracle fruit, the participants’ perception of bitter and umami taste intensities changed in addition to a change in sweet taste and sour taste intensities.