10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 4 2013 (October - December) Taste drives appetite and protects us from poisons.Taste is a sensory cue which is modified by a variety of physiological and pathological factors ranging from genetic, cultural ,aging and hormonal factorsThis study was done to find out the distribution of tasters and non-tasters in normoglycaemics and those with diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and also find out the predisposition to Diabetes in PTC tasters and non- tasters.100 Diabetic and 100 non-diabetic subjects were tested for their taste sensitivity to PTC. DR.MOMI BARUAH AND DR.ANJALI JOSHI Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), diabetes mellitus, tasters, non-tasters. 727-730