monellin

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A protein isolated from the berries of the tropical African plant Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (family Menispermaceae) that is several thousand times as sweet as sucrose.


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Origin:
1970s. From the name of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, U.S.A., where the protein was first isolated + -in




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