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monellin
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[], (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
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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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