Toward Improving Medication Adherence: The Suppression of Bitter Taste in Edible Taste Films

Figure 3

Temporal Dominance of Sensation (TDS) analysis indicated that the quinine microsphere plus sucralose microsphere film (c) was perceived as predominantly sweet (solid black line), and these perceptions more closely approximated those of the control film (a) compared to the quinine plus empty microspheres film (b). The bitterness (double black line) experienced in the films with sucralose plus empty microspheres (c) was reduced and persisted for less time when compared to the quinine plus empty microspheres film (b).

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