Low-energy conformations of Delicious Peptide, a food flavor. Study by quenched molecular dynamics and NMR

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1409-1415

  Cutts, Rosalind J ^a   Howlin, Brendan J ^a   Mulholland, Francis ^a,b   Webb, Graham A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flavor peptides; NMR; Quenched molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542411334     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9505842     Document Type: Article

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