Structure-taste Relationship of Novel α-L-Aspartyl Dipeptide Sweetners

M Miyoshi, K Nunami, H Sugano, T Fujii

Index: Miyoshi; Nunami; Sugano; Fujii Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1978 , vol. 51, # 5 p. 1433 - 1440

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Abstract

A sweetness potency was found in novel α-L-aspartyl dipeptide analogs which were quite stable on heating in an aqueous solution. The insertion of a methylene group into the peptide chain of α-L-aspartyl dipeptide esters mostly decreased the potency of the sweetness. However, the further exchange of the carbonyl and oxygen functions with each other on the ester group of a C-terminal β-alkyl-β-aminopropionic acid was found to ...