English Explanatory Dictionary

monellin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sweet protein found in Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii.

Word forms

monellin monellins

Etymology

From Monell + -in, named in 1972 after the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, United States, where it was isolated and characterized.

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