There is a genetic variation that causes certain compounds present in coriander to know soap or detergent.
There are boring ‘at home’, why are there always who implies coriander in food? Keep calm, don’t energize yourself. The fault may not be of people’s “scatter”. Probably is a Or6a2 gene variation.
The report is far from unique and has been coming from for many years: There are people whom coriander know the soap.
This theory was proved for over 10 years, in a study in the Nature em 2012.
In this study, the researchers asked 25,000 people if they liked coriander and they knew them. 15% felt the soap flavor on the palate – Coincidentally, all had two copies of this or6a2 variant.
Or6a2 is a gene that belongs to the family of olfactory receptors, which serves to detect molecules responsible for smells and flavors.
It is Private gene is super sensitive to aldehydes – The compounds responsible for the intense aroma of coriander and who smell the soap and other cleaning products.
The fact that some people taste soap when they eat coriander means that the Or6a2 suffered a variation. On the contrary, people who do not have the variation of the gene, usually feel us as fresh and citrus.
“The results confirm that there is a component in the perception of the flavor of coriander and suggest that aversion can derive from genetic variants in olfactory receivers. We propose that a gene of receiver set, the or6a2, contributes to the detection of a smell of soap,” says the latest.
