Fatty Acid Taste Thresholds: Caproic, Lauric, Oleic, Linoleic, Linolenic
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Brief summary
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Differences in human oral sensitivity for caproic, lauric, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids will be explored. Prior work indicates that there may be a learning effect in measuring detection thresholds for free fatty acids. This study is designed to determine the number of visits necessary to attenuate this learning effect and also to test whether this effect continues across different types of fatty acids or is specific to each fatty acid. This will aid in understanding how many visits are required to obtain reliable data and if less expensive fatty acids can be used to attenuate learning before testing thresholds for more expensive fatty acids.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01996566
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 30 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 60 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 31, 2012
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2014
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2015
- Last update posted
- Oct 14, 2015
2013 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue University | West Lafayette | Indiana | 47907 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 14, 2015 · Synced Sep 13, 2026
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