Special
Topic Issue on the Science of Sweeteners
Preface,
K.Yamasaki and O. Tanaka
Part 1: Chemoreception and Biochemical Aspects of Receptors
Role of water in sweet taste chemoreception, G. G. Birch
p. 1103 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 157KB]
Molecular basis of sweet taste in dipeptide taste ligands, M. Goodman,
J. R. Del Valle, Y. Amino, and E. Benedetti
p. 1109 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 316KB]
Homology-based model of the extracellular domain of the taste receptor
T1R3, D. E.Walters
p. 1117 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 398KB]
Molecular mechanisms of taste transduction, R. F.Margolskee
p. 1125 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 821KB]
Genetics of sweet taste preferences, A. A. Bachmanov, D. R. Reed, X.
Li, and G. K. Beauchamp
p. 1135 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf168 KB]
Ion channels and second messengers involved in transduction and modulation
of sweet taste in mouse taste cells, K. Sugimoto, N. Shigemura, K.Yasumatsu,
R. Ohta, K. Nakashima, K. Kawai, and Y. Ninomiya
p. 1141 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 395KB]
Specialization and phyletic trends of sweetness reception in animals,
D. Glaser
p. 1153 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 209KB]
Drosophila sweet taste receptor, K. Isono, K. Ueno, M. Ohta, and H. Morita
p. 1159 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 431KB]
Part 2: Low-calorie Intense Sweeteners
Discovery of terpenoid and phenolic sweeteners from plants, A. D. Kinghorn
and D. D. Soejarto
p. 1169 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 213KB]
Isovanillyl sweeteners. From molecules to receptors, A. Bassoli, L. Merlini,
and G. Morini
p. 1181 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 245KB]
Licorice root. A natural sweetener and an important ingredient in Chinese
medicine, I. Kitagawa
p. 1189 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 341KB]
Chemistry of phenolic compounds of licorice (Glycyrrhiza species) and
their estrogenic and cytotoxic activities, T. Nomura, T. Fukai, and
T. Akiyama
p. 1199 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 208KB]
Computational studies of sweet-tasting molecules, J. S. Barker, C. K.
Hattotuwagama, and M. G. B. Drew
p. 1207 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 487KB]
Design and synthesis of new sweeteners, T. Machinami, T. Fujimoto, A.
Takatsuka, T. Mitsumori, T. Toriumi, T. Suami, and L. Hough
p. 1219 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 247KB]
Search for new sulfonyl-containing glucophores, J. Polanski and K. Jarzembek
p. 1227 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 178KB]
Structuretaste relationships of the sweet protein monellin, M.
Kohmura, T. Mizukoshi, N. Nio, E.-I. Suzuki, and Y. Ariyoshi
p. 1235 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 315KB]
Part 3: Oligosaccharides and Sugar Alcohols
Present status and future of functional oligosaccharide development
in Japan, T. Nakakuki
p. 1245 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 74KB]
Digestion, absorption, fermentation, and metabolism of functional sugar
substitutes and their available energy, T. Oku and S. Nakamura
p. 1253 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 90KB]
Novel functions and applications of trehalose, T. Higashiyama
p. 1263 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 109KB]
Novel physiological functions of oligosaccharides, M. Hirayama
p. 1271 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 279KB]
Erythritol. Functionality in noncaloric functional beverages, P. de Cock
and C.-L. Bechert
p. 1281 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 129KB]
Part 4: Potential Role of Sweeteners in the Etiology and Prevention
of Disease
Role of sweeteners in the etiology and prevention of dental caries,
S. Hamada
p. 1293 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 174KB]
Antidiabetogenic constituents from several natural medicines, H. Matsuda,
T. Morikawa, and M.Yoshikawa
p. 1301 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 237KB]
Cancer-chemopreventive effects of natural sweeteners and related compounds,
T. Konoshima and M. Takasaki
p. 1309 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 261KB]
authors index