Identification of sensory-active phytochemicals in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 11877-11888

  Dawid, Corinna ^a   Hofmann, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

asparagus; asparagusic acid; bitter; mouth coating; steroidal saponin; taste; taste dilution analysis

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; BITTER; DILUTION ANALYSIS; MOUTH-COATING; STEROIDAL SAPONINS; TASTE;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; METABOLITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COATINGS;

1,2 DITHIOLAN 4 CARBOXYLIC ACID 6 D GLUCOPYRANOSE ESTER; 1,2-DITHIOLAN-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID 6-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE ESTER; ASPARAGUSIC ACID; GLUCOSIDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAPONIN; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COOKING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TASTE;

ADULT; ASPARAGUS PLANT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COOKING; FEMALE; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PHYTOCHEMICALS; SAPONINS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TASTE; THIOPHENES;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84870693186     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf3040868     Document Type: Article

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