{"id":69172,"date":"2020-12-23T05:43:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T05:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=69172"},"modified":"2022-11-06T07:41:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T07:41:38","slug":"phenylthiocarbamide-ptc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/phenylthiocarbamide-ptc\/","title":{"rendered":"Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A substance to which some people are taste blind; an inherited condition.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A substance that tastes bitter to some individuals but is tasteless to others. Response to PTC appears to be controlled by a single pair of genes (&#8216;alleles): ability to taste PTC is dominant to the inability to taste it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A chemical used in studying medical genetics to detect the presence of a marker gene. About 70% of the population inherit the ability to note the taste of phenylthiocarbamide to be extremely bitter. 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