Assessment of Umami Taste Sensitivity

Shizuko Satoh-Kuriwada^1*, Misako Kawai², Noriakishoji¹, Yuki Sekine², Hisayuki Uneyama² and Takashi Sasano¹

¹Division of Oral Diagnosis, Department of Oral Medicine and Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan, E-mail: misako_kawai@ajinomoto.com

²Institute for Innovation, Ajimonoto Co., Inc., 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan, E-mail: misako_kawai@ajinomoto.com

^*Corresponding Author: Shizuko Satoh-Kuriwada, Division of Oral Diagnosis, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan, Tel: +81-22-717- 8390, Fax: +81-22-717-8393