Title:Application of Diet-derived Taste Active Components for Clinical Nutrition: Perspectives from Ancient AyurvedicMedical Science, Space Medicine, and Modern Clinical Nutrition
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Author(s):Anil D. Kulkarni, Alamelu Sundaresan, Muhammad J. Rashid, Shigeru Yamamoto and Francisco Karkow
Affiliation:University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Keywords:Taste, umami, ayurveda, space medicine and clinical nutrition.
Abstract:The principal objective of this paper is to demonstrate the role of taste and flavor in health from the ancient science of
Ayurveda to modern medicine; specifically their mechanisms and roles in space medicine and their clinical relevance in modern heath
care. It also describes the brief history of the use of the monosodium glutamate or flavor enhancers (“Umami substance”) that improve
the quality of food intake by stimulating chemosensory perception. In addition, the dietary nucleotides are known to be the components
of “Umami substance” and the benefit of their use has been proposed in various types of patients with cancer, radiation therapy, organ
transplantation, and for application inspace medicine.
