Aspartame--a sweet surprise.
The dipeptide ester L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester (APM) has been found to have a remarkably clean, sucrose-like taste with no off flavor and a potency 150-200 times sucrose. Subsequent work has shown that many alpha-amides of L-aspartic acid are sweet. Some results of stability studies and a taste panel evaluation of APM are reported.
D001218:Aspartame / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004355:Drug Stability; D006801:Humans; D007536:Isomerism; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D013649:Taste
D004151:Dipeptides; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D001218:Aspartame