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Papilla

papilla

1. (Science: anatomy) A projection occurring in various animal tissues and organs.

2. (Science: botany) A small blunt hair on plants.


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why Sugar got sweet taste?

That's because our papilla lingualis (filiformis/fungiformis) have a kinda stereospecific receptor for certain molecule....since Oxygen is not a stereogenic molecule, then it's not sweet...:lol: sorry...I forgot to add this thing...:lol:

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by victor
Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:03 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: why Sugar got sweet taste?
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