Dissimilar sweet proteins from plants: Oddities or normal components?

Plant Science

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-142

  Picone, Delia ^a,b   Temussi, Piero Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhibitors; Modelling; Sweet taste receptor; Taste; Tropical plants

Indexed keywords

SWEETENING AGENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; HUMAN; PLANT; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; TASTE; TASTE BUD;

BINDING SITES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FRUIT; HUMANS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 84864087110     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.07.001     Document Type: Review

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