Capparis masaikai
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| Capparis masaikai Levl. |
Capparis masaikai, known as Mabinlang,[1] grow in the subtropical region of the Yunnan province of China and bear fruits of tennis-ball size. The matured seed are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
They are also used as sweets: when chewed the seeds elicits a sweet taste.[2]
The actives exhibiting sweet taste were identified as sweet-tasting proteins and named Mabinlins. They are highly sweet, 100-400 times sweeter then sucrose on a weight basis.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Data Portal of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Biodiversity occurrence data for Capparis masaikai H. Léveillé
- ^ a b X Liu, S Maeda, Z Hu, T Aiuchi, K Nakaya, Y Kurihara. Purification, complete amino acid sequence and structural characterization of the heat-stable sweet protein, mabinlin II. Eur J Biochem 1993. 211(1–2):281-7. PMID 8425538
- ^ S Nirasawa, T Nishino, M Katahira, S Uesugi, Z Hu, Y Kurihara. Structures of heat-stable and unstable homologues of the sweet protein mabinlin. Eur J Biochem 1994, 223(3):989-95. PMID 8055976
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