tastant

(noun)

Any substance that stimulates the sense of taste.

Related Terms

Examples of tastant in the following topics:

  • Gustation: Taste Buds and Taste

    • Specialized cells in the gustatory system that are located on the tongue are called taste buds, and they sense tastants (taste molecules).
    • The taste buds send the information from the tastants to the brain, where a molecule is processed as a certain taste.