Table 2
- Does the taste matter? Taste and medicinal perceptions associated with five selected herbal drugs among three ethnic groups in West Yorkshire, Northern England

Taste perceptions of herbal drugs in relation to the gender of the informants (in bold are reported the only data showing significant differences in the perceptions among the genders of the interviewees).
Herb	Taste	Men		Women

		n	%	n	%

Ginger	Bitter	48	17.5	56	20.4
	Sweet	13	4.7	21	7.7
	Salty	3	1.1	0	0
	Spicy	42	15.3	44	16.1
	Sour	16	5.8	19	6.9
	Bland	2	0.7	4	1.5
	N/A	6	2.2	18	6.6

Mint	Bitter	7	2.6	15	5.5
	Sweet	56	20.5	63	23.1
	Salty	7	2.6	7	2.6
	Spicy	10	3.7	9	3.3
	Sour	11	4	15	5.5
	Bland	14	5.1	13	4.8
	N/A	19	7	36	13.2

Garlic	Bitter	46	16.8	60	21.9
	Sweet	4	1.5	3	1.1
	Salty	12	4.4	9	3.3
	Spicy	31	11.3	32	11.7
	Sour	21	7.7	28	10.2
	Bland	2	0.7	5	1.8
	N/A	12	44	31	11.3

Clove	Bitter	35	12.8	47	17.2
	Sweet	3	1.1	5	1.8
	Salty	5	1.8	23	1.1
	Spicy	28	16.4	45	40.5
	Sour	23	8.4	13	4.7
	Bland	6	2.2	5	1.8
	N/A	15	5.5	45	16.4

Cinnamon	Bitter	11	4	12	4.4
	Sweet	44	16.1	67	24.5
	Salty	2	0.7	3	1.1
	Spicy	42	15.3	54	19.7
	Sour	10	3.6	7	2.6
	Bland	14	5.1	8	2.9
	N/A	7	2.6	18	6.6

Pieroni and Torry Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007 3:21 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-3-21

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