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Eisco™ Genetic Traits Taste Testing Strips

Catalog No. S85289A
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Control Paper Taste Strip
PTC Paper Taste Strip
Sodium Benzoate Paper Taste Strip
Thiourea Paper Taste Strip
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Catalog No. Product Type
S85289A Thiourea Paper Taste Strip
S85286A Control Paper Taste Strip
S85287A PTC Paper Taste Strip
S85288A Sodium Benzoate Paper Taste Strip
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Description

Demonstrate how the ability to taste a certain compound is based on heredity with these Genetic Traits Taste Testing Strips.

Is it sweet, salty, bitter or tasteless?

  • Depending on their own genetics, students will experience different tastes from the test strips
  • PTC — seven out of 10 students will detect a definite taste; remainder will not
  • Sodium benzoate — genetics determine if the paper tastes sweet, salty, bitter or tasteless If a student can taste PTC, he may not be able to taste thiourea
  • Control strips have no PTC, sodium benzoate or thiourea

Order Info

Each test strip comes in a pack of 100.

Specifications

Grade 7 to 12
For Use With (Application) Used to demonstrates the effects of heredity on taste
Includes 1 Vial of 100 Test Strips
Material Paper
Class Size 100 Students
Product Type Thiourea Paper Taste Strip