Evaluating the Reduced Hydrophobic Taste Sensor Response of Dipeptides by Theasinensin A by Using NMR and Quantum Mechanical Analyses

• Jian Guo,

  Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Division of Bioresource and Bioenviromental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduated School of Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812–8581, Japan

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• Naoto Hirasaki,

  Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Division of Bioresource and Bioenviromental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduated School of Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812–8581, Japan

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• Yuji Miyata,

  Affiliation Nagasaki Agriculture and Forestry Technical Development Center, Higashisonogi Tea Research Station, 1414 Nakano-go, Higashisonogi, Nagasaki, 859–3801, Japan

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• Kazunari Tanaka,

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Nagasaki, 1-1-1 Manabino, Nagayo, Nagasaki, 851–2195, Japan

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• Takashi Tanaka,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1–14 Bukyo-machi, Nagasaki, 852–8521, Japan

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• Xiao Wu,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819–0395, Japan

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• Yusuke Tahara,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819–0395, Japan

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• Kiyoshi Toko,

  Affiliations Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819–0395, Japan, Research and Development Center for Taste and Odor Sensing, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819–0395, Japan

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• Toshiro Matsui

  * E-mail: tmatsui@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Division of Bioresource and Bioenviromental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduated School of Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812–8581, Japan, Research and Development Center for Taste and Odor Sensing, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819–0395, Japan

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