Open AccessOn the Sweetness ofN-(Trifluoroacetyl)aspartame
Author(s) -
Michael M. Frank,
David J. Aitken
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
bioscience biotechnology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1347-6947
pISSN - 0916-8451
DOI - 10.1271/bbb.64.1982
Subject(s) - aspartame , sweetness , protonation , chemistry , derivative (finance) , food science , organic chemistry , taste , economics , financial economics , ion
A panel of tasters has found that the N-trifluoroacetyl derivative of aspartame is five times less sweet than the parent compound, contrary to the tenet in the literature, but consistent with sweet receptor models which require this nitrogen to exist in protonated form.
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