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Curculigo latifolia Curculin from

Curculin which is extracted with 0.5 M sodium chloride from the fruits of Curculigo latifolia and purified by ammonium sulphate fractionation, CM-sepharose ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration.The protein acts as a low calorie sweetener and has a maximum sweetness equal to 0.35 M of sucrose. In addition to its sweetness, curculin also has taste modifying abilities since water and sour substances elicit a sweet taste after consumption of curculin. Currently, there is no other protein that has both sweet taste and taste modifying abilities. [Pg.200]

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.15 , Pg.36 ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.15 , Pg.36 ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.36 ]



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