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Meaning of "monellin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MONELLIN

monellin  [məˈnɛlɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONELLIN

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determiner
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Monellin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MONELLIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Monellin

Monellin, a sweet protein, was discovered in 1969 in the fruit of the West African shrub known as serendipity berry; it was first reported as a carbohydrate. The protein was named in 1972 after the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, U.S.A., where it was isolated and characterized.

Definition of monellin in the English dictionary

The definition of monellin in the dictionary is an extremely sweet protein, ten thousand times more sweet than sugar, that is obtained from the plant native to Africa called Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONELLIN


berlin
bəˈlɪn
Brooklyn
ˈbrʊklɪn
colin
ˌkɒlɪn
discipline
ˈdɪsɪplɪn
Dublin
ˈdʌblɪn
Evelyn
ˈiːvlɪn
flagellin
fləˈdʒɛlɪn
franklin
ˈfræŋklɪn
ghrelin
ˈɡrɛlɪn
gibberellin
ˌdʒɪbəˈrɛlɪn
Helen
ˈhɛlɪn
Hellen
ˈhɛlɪn
Helvellyn
hɛlˈvɛlɪn
lin
lɪn
Llewellyn
luːˈɛlɪn
Lynn
lɪn
porcelain
ˈpɔːslɪn
tellin
ˈtɛlɪn
vitellin
vɪˈtɛlɪn
vitelline
vɪˈtɛlɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONELLIN

monecious
moneciously
Monegasque
Monel metal
Monell metal
moneme
moner
moneran
monergism
monestrous
Monet
monetarily
monetarism
monetarist
monetary
monetary unit
monetisation
monetise
monetization
monetize

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONELLIN

amoxicillin
amoxycillin
ampicillin
cloxacillin
fibrillin
fluellin
Medellin
methicillin
oxacillin
penicillin
phallin
podophyllin
Scullin
Tallin
tefillin
tephillin
vanillin

Synonyms and antonyms of monellin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «monellin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONELLIN

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The translations of monellin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «monellin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

莫内林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monelina
570 millions of speakers

English

monellin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

monellin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

monellin
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

монеллин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monelina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

monellin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monelline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monellin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Monellin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モネリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

monellin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monellin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

monellin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

monellin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोनेलिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

monnelin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monellina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

monellina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

монеллін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monelin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

monellin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

monellin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

monellin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

monellin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of monellin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONELLIN»

The term «monellin» is used very little and occupies the 167.794 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONELLIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about monellin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONELLIN»

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1
Plant Protein Engineering
Cloning, expression and modification of monellin genes in micro-organisms Monellin consists of two peptide chains, but this may not be an obstacle for its synthesis in microorganisms (as shown in the case of insulin: Goeddel et al. 1979 ).
P. R. Shewry, S. Gutteridge, 1992
2
Food Biotechnology, Second Edition
15.8 MONELLIN Monellin is a sweet tasting protein isolated from the tropical African fruit Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii. Inglett and May first reported the isolation of a sweet substance from the berries in 1967. The unusual protein possesses ...
Anthony Pometto, Kalidas Shetty, Gopinadhan Paliyath, 2005
3
Issues in Proteins and Peptides Research and Application: ...
Guangzhou 510080, China. (2011 MAR 15) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore: Heterologous expression, purification and characterization of heterodimeric monellin New research, 'Heterologous expression, purification and ...
‎2013
4
Alternative Sweeteners, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
Dioscoreophyl, lum cttmminsli (Stapf) Diels (Menispermaceae), has been called " monellin," a substance containing two polypeptide chains of molecular weight 1 1 ,086 daltons (2, 25). "Monellin" is actually monellin 4, one of five sweet proteins ...
Lyn O'Brien-Nabors, 2001
5
CRC Handbook of Food Additives, Second Edition
Recent isolation of three new sweet proteins, monellin and the thaumatins (I and II), as well as the steroidal saponin, osladin, together with renewed studies of stevioside and phyllodulcin, gives an indication of the interest in naturally occurring ...
Thomas E. Furia, 1980
6
Biochemistry of Taste and Olfaction
1973, 1974) that monellin might be used as a ligand for studies of sweet taste receptors. For monellin to be effective at these relatively low concentrations, it was presumed that it might have a higher affinity for its receptors than does sucrose; ...
Robert Cagan, 2012
7
Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology: 10 ...
4.16.2.2.2 Monellin Monellin is a sweet protein that was isolated from the fruit of Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels, which is known as the serendipity berry and is native to West Africa. It is a basic protein with an isoelectric point of ...
‎2010
8
Proteins: Biochemistry and Biotechnology
At high levels, it also imparts a strong licorice-like taste to foods and this property has somewhat limited its widespread food application. Monellin was first purified in 1972 from the fruit of the West African plant, Dioscoreophyllum communisii.
Gary Walsh, 2002
9
Selected Topics in the Chemistry of Natural Products
7.3.4 Monellin Monellin is a two chain sweet protein from the West African serendipity plant which is estimated to be about 70 000 times sweeter than sugar on a molecule for molecule basis (and probably about 1 000 times sweeter on a gram ...
Raphael Ikan, 2008
10
Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health
The protein monellin, derived from these herries, is at least 3000 times as sweet as sucrose and causes sour suhstances to taste sweet. However, it was not commercially viahle in its natural form since the protein is unstahle, even within a few ...
Walter H. Lewis, 2003

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONELLIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term monellin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Brazzein entrepreneur seeks partner to take next-generation natural …
... has no bitter aftertaste and a taste profile closer to sucrose than other protein-based natural sweeteners such as thaumatin or monellin. «FoodNavigator-USA.com, Feb 14»
2
PepsiCo: We'll reinvent the North American cola category
Naturally sweet: Stevia, monk fruit, brazzein, monatin, hernandulcin, phyllodulcin, trilobtain, thaumatin, monellin. In a recent patent application, ... «FoodNavigator-USA.com, Apr 13»
3
Beyond stevia: Will brazzein make the natural sweeteners premier …
... no bitter aftertaste and a taste profile closer to sucrose than other protein-based natural sweeteners such as thaumatin or monellin, he said. «FoodNavigator-USA.com, Oct 12»
4
MAKING SENSE OF SWEETNESS
... as sugars and saccharin, and large sweet proteins, like monellin or thaumatin," Temussi says. Because sweeteners can bind independently, ... «Chemical & Engineering News, Aug 05»

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