monellin

English

Etymology

Monell + -in, named in 1972 after the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, USA, where it was isolated and characterized

Noun

monellin (countable and uncountable, plural monellins)

  1. (biochemistry) A sweet protein found in Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii

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