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• Chemical origami yields new plant compounds with wide potential

  Plants produce countless kinds of compounds, also known as natural products, that the plants manufacture using the enzymes predetermined by their genetic code. Many of these natural products are very useful as antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs or vitamins, among myriad other applications. Many of these more

• How sweet can you get?
  

  A sweeter version of a widely used plant-derived sweetener is on the way. Researchers have found a way to make thaumatin -- one of the sweetest natural sugar substitutes on the market -- even sweeter. "Making natural sweeteners stronger could be a huge plus to the food industry, especially as there more

• Cargill and Evolva Start Engineering Work on Production Facility for Next-Gen Stevia Sweeteners

  Evolva and Cargill have agreed to begin the engineering phase for converting an existing Cargill manufacturing facility to produce next-generation stevia sweeteners (steviol glycosides). The ingredients are expected to be commercially available in 2016. Stevia-based sweeteners are highly sought-afte more

Infographics Sweeteners

Aspartame, The Artificial Sweetener

There’s no shortage of material when it comes to aspartame research – the FDA has described it as one of the most studied food additives currently approved. We’re talking a huge number of studies, more than 500, so you’d justifiably think that this is an issue that the research can weigh in on prett more

The Versatility of Glycerol

Look on the ingredients label of many different cosmetic or personal care products, and glycerol (often also called glycerin or glycerine) is commonly present. It’s also found in a variety of food products, as well as in some pharmaceutical products, so what’s the reason for its inclusion? Glycerol more

The Chemistry of Cider

Having looked at the chemistry behind beer previously, it seemed only fair to also take a look at cider for all the cider drinkers out there. On a hot summer’s day, the cool, refreshing taste of cider is hard to beat. But what are the chemicals behind this flavour? Before we look at the chemistry, l more

Publications Sweeteners

• Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 367: Effects of the Artificial Sweetener Neotame on the Gut Microbiome and Fecal Metabolites in Mice

  Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 367: Effects of the Artificial Sweetener Neotame on the Gut Microbiome and Fecal Metabolites in Mice Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules23020367 Authors: Liang Chi Xiaoming Bian Bei Gao Pengcheng Tu Yunjia Lai Hongyu Ru Kun Lu Although artificial swe more

• Hypercrosslinked particles for the extraction of sweeteners using dispersive solid‐phase extrction from environmental samples

  Abstract This work presents a new extraction material, namely, Q‐100, based on hypercrosslinked magnetic particles, which was tested in dispersive solid‐phase extraction for a group of sweeteners from environmental samples. The hypercrosslinked Q‐100 magnetic particles had the advantage of suita more

• In depth chemical investigation of Glycyrrhiza triphylla Fisch roots guided by a preliminary HPLC-ESIMSn profiling

  Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Food Chemistry, Volume 248 Author(s): Abolfazl Shakeri, Milena Masullo, Gilda D'Urso, Mehrdad Iranshahi, Paola Montoro, Cosimo Pizza, Sonia Piacente Chemical investigations on Glycyrrhiza spp. have mostly been focused on G. glabra (typically c more