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单词 monellin
释义 monellin Chem.|ˈmɒnəlɪn|
[f. the name of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, in Philadelphia, U.S.A., where it was first isolated + -in1.]
A protein with a sweet taste isolated from the berries of the tropical plant Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii.
1972Morris & Cagan in Biochim. & Biophys. Acta CCLXI. 114 We propose the name ‘monellin’ for the sweet material we have isolated.1972Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 27 Feb. 25/6 [Scientists] had isolated a new, low-calorie sweetener said to be 3,000 times more intense by weight than sugar. Named ‘Monellin’ the product is derived from a wild red berry that grows abundantly in tropical West Africa.1973Nature 27 July 196/3 Both thaumatin and monellin exhibit sweetness to a prodigious degree.
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