(+)-(S)-alapyridaine - A general taste enhancer?

Chemical Senses

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 371-379

  Soldo, Tomislav ^c   Blank, Imre ^a   Hofmann, Thomas ^b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT FÜR LEBENSMITTELCHEMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alapyridaine; N (1 carboxy ethyl) 6 hydroxymethyl pyridinium 3 ol; Salty taste; Sweet taste; Taste enhancer; Umami taste

Indexed keywords

ALAPYRIDAINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CAFFEINE; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; PHENYLALANINE; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; TASTE;

ADULT; ALANINE; CAFFEINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; PYRIDINES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; STEREOISOMERISM; SUCROSE; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0242372867     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/28.5.371     Document Type: Article

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