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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