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Popularity
of Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii over time
[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (filled
column histogram and left hand axis scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006
(complete line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in box on the left
hand side); Plots of a proportional micro index, derived from numbers of papers
mentioning Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii as a proportion (scaled by multiplying by
one million) of the total number of papers published for that year (broken line
frequency polygon and right hand scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006
(broken line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in broken line box
on the right hand side)]
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Hobbs JR, Munger SD, Conn GL (2007)
Monellin (MNEI) at 1.15 angstrom resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section F
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Obioh GIB, Isichei AO (2007) A population
viability analysis of serendipity berry (Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii) in a
semi-deciduous forest in Nigeria. Ecological Modelling 201, 558-62. Contact:
Obioh, G. I. B. ; Obafemi Awolowo Univ, Dept Bot, Ife, Nigeria
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Konno T, Murata K, Nagayama K (1999)
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Somoza JR, Cho JM, Kim S-H (1995) The
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Fan P, Bracken C, Baum J (1993) Structural
characterization of monellin in the alcohol-denatured state by NMR: Evidence of
beta-sheet to alpha-helix conversion. Biochemistry 32, 1573-82. Contact: Baum,
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Somoza JR, Jiang F, Tong L, Kang C-H, Cho
JM, Kim S-H (1993) Two crystal structures of a potently sweet protein: Natural
monellin at 2.75 Angstrom resolution and single-chain monellin at 1.7 Angstrom
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Dep. Biochem. Molecular Biol., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Kohmura M, Nio N, Ariyoshi Y (1991)
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Park H-C C, Cho JM (1991) Molecular Modeling
of Monellin an Intensely Sweet Protein. Korean Biochemical Journal 24, 297-302.
Contact: PARK H-C C ; R AND D CENT, BIOTECHNOL LUCKY LTD, SCIENCE TOWN,
TAEJEON, KOREA
Kohmura M, Nio N, Ariyoshi Y (1990)
Solid-Phase Synthesis and Crystallization of Monellin an Intensely Sweet
Protein. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry 54, 1521-30. Contact: KOHMURA M
; CENTRAL RES LAB, AJINOMOTO CO INC, 1-1 SUZUKI-CHO, KAWASAKI-KU, KAWASAKI 210,
JPN
Ushiyama M, Kumagai S, Furuya T (1989)
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Phytochemistry (Oxford) 28, 3335-40. Contact: USHIYAMA M ; SCH PHARMACEUTICAL
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Kim SH, De Vos A, Ogata C (1988) Crystal
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Furuya T, Ushiyama M, Asada Y, Yoshikawa T
(1987) Glycosylation of 2 Phenylpropionic Acid and Its Ethyl Ester in
Suspension Cultures of Nicotiana-Tabacum Dioscoreophyllum-Cumminsii and
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SCH PHARMACEUTICAL SCI, KITASATO UNIV, TOKYO 108, JPN
Furuya T, Yoshikawa T, Kiyohara H (1983)
Alkaloid Production in Cultured Cells of Dioscoreophyllum-Cumminsii.
Phytochemistry (Oxford) 22, 1671-4. Contact: FURUYA T ; SCH PHARM SCI, KITASATO
UNIV, MINATO-KU, TOKYO 108, JPN
Lobenstine EW, Schaefer WC, Turner DH
(1981) Fluorescence Detected Circular Dichroism of Proteins with Single Fluorescent
Tryptophans. Journal of the American Chemical Society 103, 4936-40. Contact:
LOBENSTINE E W ; DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, ROCHESTER,
NEW YORK 14627, USA
Van Der Wel H, Bel WJ (1980) Enzymatic
Properties of the Sweet Tasting Proteins Thaumatin and Monellin after Partial
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Cagan RH, Morris RW (1979) Biochemical
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Sweet Tasting Protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America 76, 1692-6. Contact: CAGAN R H ; VETERANS ADM HOSP,
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104, USA
Iyengar RB, Smits P, Van Der Ouderaa F, Van
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Adesina SK, Harborne JB, Phillipson JD
(1978) The Isolation of Quaternary Alkaloids from the Leaves of
Dioscoreophyllum-Cumminsii. Planta Medica 33, 217-22. Contact: ADESINA S K ;
DRUG RES UNIT, FAC PHARM, UNIV IFE, ILE-IFE, NIGERIA
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Germination and Establishment of the Serendipity Berry
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Dioscoreophyllum-Cumminsii Source of an Intense Natural Sweetener. Economic
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Plants with Sweetening Properties Physiological and Agronomic Problems of
Protected Cropping Part 1 Dioscoreophyllum-Cumminsii. Economic Botany 31,
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GRANGE, SHINFIELD, READING, ENGL, UK
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Van Der Wel H, Loeve K (1973)
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Van Wyk PJ, Du Plessis LM, Torline P,
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Monellin the Sweet Principle of Dioscoreophyllum-Cumminsii-D. Biochimica et
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Spencer GF, Earle FR (1972) The Abundance
of Cis-5 Octa Decenoic-Acid in Dioscoreophyllum-Cumminsii Seed Oil. Lipids 7,
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Van Der Wel H (1972) Isolation and
Characterization of the Sweet Principle from Dioscoreophyllum-Cumminsii-D. FEBS
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