2nd International Symposium on Sweeteners, Hiroshima, Japan, 13–17 November 2001
This conference is part of the Sweeteners series.
Role of water in sweet taste chemoreception
Molecular basis of sweet taste in dipeptide taste ligands
Homology-based model of the extracellular domain of the taste receptor T1R3
Molecular mechanisms of taste transduction
Genetics of sweet taste preferences
Ion channels and second messengers involved in transduction and modulation of sweet taste in mouse taste cells
Specialization and phyletic trends of sweetness reception in animals
Drosophila sweet taste receptor
Discovery of terpenoid and phenolic sweeteners from plants
Isovanillyl sweeteners. From molecules to receptors
Licorice root. A natural sweetener and an important ingredient in Chinese medicine
Chemistry of phenolic compounds of licorice (Glycyrrhiza species) and their estrogenic and cytotoxic activities
Computational studies of sweet-tasting molecules
Design and synthesis of new sweeteners
Search for new sulfonyl-containing glucophores
Structuretaste relationships of the sweet protein monellin
Present status and future of functional oligosaccharide development in Japan
Digestion, absorption, fermentation, and metabolism of functional sugar substitutes and their available energy
Novel functions and applications of trehalose
Novel physiological functions of oligosaccharides
Erythritol. Functionality in noncaloric functional beverages
Role of sweeteners in the etiology and prevention of dental caries
Antidiabetogenic constituents from several natural medicines
Cancer-chemopreventive effects of natural sweeteners and related compounds