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Properties of miraculin
« on: April 29, 2007, 06:11:51 PM »
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1151

Miraculin is a glycoprotein that makes sour foods taste sweet.  The above link is a simple experiment to try this.  Interesting.
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Re: Properties of miraculin
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2007, 04:51:35 PM »
That stuff could have potential uses. The blog suggested healthy foods. I kind of want to try it now.
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Re: Properties of miraculin
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2007, 11:34:13 PM »
Quote from: constant thinker on May 01, 2007, 04:51:35 PM
I kind of want to try it now.

So do I.  Actually, I'd prefer to try the extraction myself, but I don't know if I can get the miracle fruit here.

The reference for the extraction procedure is:  Theerasilp, S and Kurihara, Y (1988) Journal of Biological Chemistry 263, 11536-11539
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