미라클푸루트-[정명] Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell

과명	Sapotaceae (사포테과)	속명	Synsepalum (신세팔룸속)
전체학명	[정명] Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell	추천명	미라클푸루트

2019-12-31

국명수정: 미라클푸르트 -> 미라클푸루트

 

Synsepalum dulcificum is a plant in the Sapotaceae family, native to tropical Africa. It is known for its berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin. Common names for this species and its berry include miracle fruit, miracle berry, miraculous berry, sweet berry, and in West Africa, where the species originates, agbayun (in Yoruba), taami, asaa, and ledidi.

The berry itself has a low sugar content  and a mildly sweet tang. It contains a glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin.[10] When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet. At neutral pH, miraculin binds and blocks the receptors, but at low pH (resulting from ingestion of sour foods) miraculin binds proteins and becomes able to activate the sweet receptors, resulting in the perception of sweet taste. This effect lasts until the protein is washed away by saliva (up to about 30 minutes).

The names miracle fruit and miracle berry are shared by Gymnema sylvestre and Thaumatococcus daniellii, which are two other species used to alter the perceived sweetness of foods.

Synsepalum dulcificum - Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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