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Science 2 February 1962:
Vol. 135. no. 3501, pp. 367 - 368
DOI: 10.1126/science.135.3501.367
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Taste-Structure Correlation with agr-D-Mannose and beta-D-Mannose

Ralph G. Steinhardt Jr. 1, Allen D. Calvin 1, and Elizabeth Anne Dodd 1

1 Hollins College, Virginia

The so-called ambiguity of taste perception of D-mannose has been traced to actual differences in taste between the two anomers of this substance. Preliminary data indicate strongly that the agr-anomer is sweet (sucrose-like) and the beta-anomer is bitter (quinine-like). The difference in taste is attributed to the slight difference in structures of the anomers.

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