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

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