thaumatinn.
/ˈθɔːmətɪn/ Biochemistry.
Either or both of two related sweet-tasting proteins isolated from the fruit of the African plant Thaumatococcus daniellii.
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1972 van der Wel & Loeve in European Jrnl. Biochem. XXXI. 221/1 This paper deals with the isolation and characterization of the sweet principles we call thaumatin I and II.
1972 van der Wel & Loeve in European Jrnl. Biochem. XXXI. 225/2 The thaumatins are the first sweet-tasting proteins that have been found in nature.
1973 Nature 27 July 196/3 Both thaumatin and monellin exhibit sweetness to a prodigious degree.
1980 Nature 24 Apr. 653/2 Tate and Lyle..are to apply recombinant DNA techniques to improve production of the protein thaumatin—a substance 2,500 times sweeter than a 10% sugar solution.
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