Asian Man (The) - An International Journal
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1and2

Taste Sensitivity to PTC and Incidence of Colour Blindness among the Chamars of District Lakhimpur Khiri, Uttar Pradesh

  • Author:
  • H.B.S. Chauhan1, Sunil Kumar1, M.P. Sachdeva2, Udai Pratap Singh3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 190 to 191

1Department of Anthropology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar-246174

2Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007

3Department of Anthropology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007. Email: drudaipratapsingh64@gmail.com

Online published on 11 December, 2013.

Abstract

Phenylthiourea or phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste sensitivity in 525 Chamars from the district of Lakhimpur Khiri, U.P., reveals bimodal distribution of tasters and non-tasters; the incidence of tasters being 63.42% for the Chamars. The percentage of incidence of colour blindness among the Chamars is 0.6%.

Keywords

PTC, Colour blindness, Variation, Chamars