Etymology

monellin

M3O1N1E1L1L1I1N1

Today it means: A sweet protein found in Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii. Full definition →

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The story

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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