Blends of Non-caloric Sweeteners Saccharin and Cyclamate Show Reduced Off-Taste due to TAS2R Bitter Receptor Inhibition

Cell Chemical Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1199-1204.e2

  Behrens, Maik ^a   Blank, Kristina ^a   Meyerhof, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

bitter blocker; bitter taste receptor; calcium mobilization assay; non caloric sweetener; sweet taste receptor

Indexed keywords

CYCLAMATE SODIUM; PROTEIN; SACCHARIN; SACCHARIN SODIUM; TASTE RECEPTOR TAS2R31; TASTE RECEPTOR TAS2R43; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TASTE BUD; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE;

CYCLAMATES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SACCHARIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 85029421642     PISSN: 24519456     EISSN: 24519448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.08.004     Document Type: Article

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