Structural and sensory characterization of bitter tasting steroidal saponins from asparagus spears (Asparagus officinalis L.)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 11889-11900

  Dawid, Corinna ^a   Hofmann, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

asparagus; Asparagus officinalis L.; bitter; saponins; taste

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS L; BITTER; SAPONINS; TASTE;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

METABOLITES;

DIOSGENIN; SAPONIN; YAMOGENIN;

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

ADULT; ASPARAGUS PLANT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIOSGENIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; SAPONINS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TASTE;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84870693864     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf304085j     Document Type: Article

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