Sweetness and sweeteners : biology, chemistry, and psychophysics /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Weerasinghe, Deepthi K., 1953-, DuBois, Grant E., 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, ©2008.
Series:ACS symposium series ; 979.
Subjects:
ACS
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Sweetness and sweeteners: what is all the excitement about? / Grant E. DuBois
  • Genetic architecture of sweet taste / Alexander A. Bachmanov
  • Making sense of the sweet taste receptor / Peihua Jiang [and others]
  • T1R2, T1R3, and the detection of sweet stimuli / Stephan Vigues [and others]
  • In vitro models to study taste: can sweetness be modeled in a dish? / Nancy E. Rawson and M. Hakan Ozdener
  • Structure-activity relationship and AH-B after 40 years / Terry E. Acree and Michael Lindley
  • Crystal structures of the sweet protein MNEI: insights into sweet protein-receptor interactions / Jeanette R. Hobbs, Steven D. Munger, and Graeme L. Conn
  • Molecular models of sweet taste receptors provide insights into function / Meng Cui [and others]
  • Pharmacophore modeling of sweet and bitter tasting molecules / Nicolas Froloff
  • Multiple receptors or multiple sites? Modeling the human T1R2-T1R3 sweet taste receptor / Gabriella Morini, Angela Bassoli, and Piero A. Temussi
  • Computational docking to sweet taste receptor models / D. Eric Walters
  • What can psychophysical studies with sweetness inhibitors teach us about taste? / Veronica Galindo-Cuspinera and Paul A.S. Breslin
  • A method to measure taste qualities, taste intensity, and temporal profile of compounds aimed at human consumption by taste nerve recordings in monkeys / Göran Hellekant and Yiwen Wang
  • The bittersweet search for bitter-sweet interactions: cell to cell communication in the taste bud / M. Scott Herness, Fang-li Zhao, and Yu Cao
  • cAMP: a role in sweet taste adaptation / Nirupa Chaudhari and Sue C. Kinnamon
  • Saccharin: artificial sweetener, bitter tastant, and sweet taste inhibitor / Marcel Winnig [and others]
  • Permeation of amphipathic sweeteners into taste-bud cells and their interactions with post-receptor signaling components: possible implications for sweet-taste quality / M. Naim [and others]
  • We are what we eat, but why? Relationships between oral sensation, genetics, pathology, and diet / Derek J. Snyder [and others]
  • Perception and acceptance of sweeteners / Jeannine F. Delwiche and Amanda R. Warnock.
  • Interindividual differences of taste sensitivity in humans and hamsters: multiple receptor sites for single organic molecules / Annick Faurion
  • The "bitter sweet" truth of artificial sweeteners / C.T. Simons [and others]
  • The use of rodent models to link neurobiological processes with the psychophysics of sweet taste / A.C. Spector, S. Eylam, and C.D. Dotson
  • Functional characterization of the human sweet taste receptor: high- throughput screening assay development and structural function relation
  • Xiaodong Li and Guy Servant
  • Development of transient receptor potential melanostation 5 modulators for sweetness enhancement / R.W. Bryant [and others]
  • Enhancers for sweet taste from the world of non-volatiles: polyphenols as taste modifiers / Jakob P. Ley [and others]
  • Evaluation of high-intensity sweetener modulators / Cheryl R. Mitchell, Richard Ray, and Marian Schwartz
  • Improving the taste of artificial sweeteners using flavors / Masashi Ishikawa [and others]
  • Why should on organic chemist study sweet taste? / Angela Bassoli [and others]
  • Sweeteners and sweetness modulators: requirements for commercial viability / Grant E. DuBois
  • Development of new, low calorie sweetener: new aspartame derivative / Yusuke Amino [and others]
  • Challenges to reducing sugar in foods / D. Kilcast, C. den Ridder, and C. Narain
  • Development of a new, no calorie commercial sweetener neotame / Indra Prakash and Ihab E. Bishay
  • Sensory properties of neotame: comparison with other sweeteners / Susan S. Schiffman, Elizabeth A. Sattely-Miller, and Ihab E. Bishay
  • Recent developments in structure-taste studies of sulfamates / William J. Spillane [and others]
  • Neoculin as a new protein with taste-modifying activity: purification, characterization, and X-ray crystallography / A. Shimizu-Ibuka [and others]
  • How sweet it is: detailed molecular and functional studies of brazzein, a sweet protein and its analogs / Fariba Assadi-Porter [and others]
  • Steviol glucuronide as excretion product of stevioside in human volunteers: lack of carcinogenic properties of steviol glycosides and steviol / Jan M.C. Geuns
  • Stevioside: a safe sweetener and possible new drug for the treatment of the metabolic syndrome / Jan M.C. Geuns.