Sunderland G, Sclafani A
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
Physiol Behav. 1988;43(6):685-90. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(88)90364-2.
The taste preferences of adult male squirrel monkeys and bonnet macaques for Polycose, maltose, and sucrose solutions were compared in 24 hr/day solution vs. water tests. Solution concentrations of 0.01 M, 0.05 M, 0.10 M, and 0.20 (Polycose) or 0.50 M (maltose and sucrose) were tested. The squirrel monkeys displayed a stronger preference for sucrose than for maltose or Polycose. In fact, at most concentrations tested, the squirrel monkeys did not consume more maltose or Polycose than water. The bonnet macaque monkeys, on the other hand, displayed preferences for maltose and Polycose that were as strong as their sucrose preference. Also, the bonnet macaques' maltose and Polycose preferences exceeded those of the squirrel monkeys. The two species did not reliably differ in their sucrose preferences. The results suggest that bonnet macaques, like rats, have taste receptors for starch-derived polysaccharides, whereas the squirrel monkeys, like humans, may lack such receptors. The taste preference profiles are consistent with the natural food preferences of the two monkey species.
在每天24小时的溶液与水测试中，比较了成年雄性松鼠猴和帽猴对聚葡萄糖、麦芽糖和蔗糖溶液的味觉偏好。测试了0.01 M、0.05 M、0.10 M和0.20 M（聚葡萄糖）或0.50 M（麦芽糖和蔗糖）的溶液浓度。松鼠猴对蔗糖的偏好比对麦芽糖或聚葡萄糖的偏好更强。事实上，在大多数测试浓度下，松鼠猴摄入的麦芽糖或聚葡萄糖并不比水多。另一方面，帽猴对麦芽糖和聚葡萄糖的偏好与它们对蔗糖的偏好一样强烈。此外，帽猴对麦芽糖和聚葡萄糖的偏好超过了松鼠猴。这两个物种在蔗糖偏好上没有可靠的差异。结果表明，帽猴像大鼠一样，具有淀粉衍生多糖的味觉受体，而松鼠猴像人类一样，可能缺乏这种受体。味觉偏好特征与这两种猴子的自然食物偏好一致。
