Computer modelling studies of the water-structuring properties of carbohydrates and the sweetness response

Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-240

  Astley, Tim ^a   Birch, Gordon G ^a   Drew, Michael G B ^a   Rodger, P Mark ^a   Wilden, Gareth R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL GROUP; MANNOPYRANOSE; MANNOSE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SWEETNESS; TASTE;

EID: 0029887096     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-8146(96)00019-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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