Isolation and structure of pulcherrimine, a novel bitter-tasting amino acid, from the sea urchin (Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus) ovaries

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5557-5560

  Murata, Yuko ^a   Sata, Noriko U ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Bitter tasting; Sea urchin ovaries

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PULCHERRIMINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; OVARY; SEA FOOD; SEA URCHIN; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TASTE;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OVARY; PIPERIDINES; SEA URCHINS; SEAFOOD; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS;

EID: 0033662210     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0004917     Document Type: Article

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