On the sweetness of N-(trifluoroacetyl)aspartame

Authors
Frank, R Aitken, DJ
Citation
R. Frank et Dj. Aitken, On the sweetness of N-(trifluoroacetyl)aspartame, BIOS BIOT B, 64(9), 2000, pp. 1982-1984
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
09168451 → ACNP
Volume
64
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1982 - 1984
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(200009)64:9<1982:OTSON>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A panel of tasters has found that the N-trifluoroacetyl derivative of aspar tame is five times less sweet than the parent compound, contrary to the ten et in the literature, but consistent with sweet receptor models which requi re this nitrogen to exist in protonated form.