Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 2018, 6, 1-12 http://www.scirp.org/journal/jbm ISSN Online: 2327-509X ISSN Print: 2327-5081 DOI: 10.4236/jbm.2018.611001 Nov. 16, 2018 1 Journal of Biosciences and Medicines A Study of the Relationship between the Taste Sensitivity of Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and Blood Pressure (Random Sample from the Students of Qurna College/Basrah-Iraq) * Hasna Amir Mohaus 1 , Asaad Y. Ayied 2 1 Biology Department, College of Education in Qurna, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq 2 Animal Production Department, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq Abstract The present study aimed to detect the relationship between taste sensitivity of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and pressure (systolic and diastolic) among a group of 138 individuals of both sexes (64 males and 74 females), representing a random sample of students and some professors of, aged (20 - 50) years. The study also included the relationship between eating salted foods and their ef- fect on pressure among males and females of tasters and non-tasters of (PTC) substance. The results showed an increase in the proportion of the phenotyp- ic style of tasters compared to non-tasters among males (75%, 25%) and fe- males (77.03%, 22.97%) respectively. The average of systolic pressure was (117.91 mm/Hg, 107.06 mm/Hg) and diastolic (78.22 mm/Hg, 68.71 mm/Hg) among tasters and on-tasters for both sexes respectively. The results showed significant differences in systolic pressure among non-tasters female com- pared to their counterpart tasters [X 2 (DF = 1) 5.783, P ≤ 0.05]. Such an effect doesn’t appear among males. The results showed an increase of non-tasters (66.58%) among those with abnormal blood pressure and (68.42%) of those who consumed salted foods. Keywords Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), Taste, Blood Pressure 1. Introduction Diseases of blood pressure are complex diseases. They are a result of genetic or *A study of the relationship between the taste sensitivity of phenylthiocarbamide. How to cite this paper: Mohaus, H.A. and Ayied, A.Y. (2018) A Study of the Rela- tionship between the Taste Sensitivity of Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and Blood Pressure (Random Sample from the Students of Qurna College/Basrah-Iraq)*. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 6, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4236/jbm.2018.611001 Received: September 9, 2018 Accepted: November 13, 2018 Published: November 16, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access