Abstract
The detection of energy-rich sweet food items has been important for our survival during evolution, however, in light of the changing lifestyles in industrialized and developing countries our natural sweet preference is causing considerable problems. Hence, it is even more important to understand how our sense of sweetness works, and perhaps even, how we may deceive it for our own benefit. This chapter summarizes current knowledge about sweet tastants and sweet taste modulators on the compound side as well as insights into the structure and function of the sweet taste receptor and the transduction of sweet signals. Moreover, methods to assess the activity of sweet substances in vivo and in vitro are compared and discussed.
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Behrens, M. (2021). Pharmacology of TAS1R2/TAS1R3 Receptors and Sweet Taste. In: Palmer, R.K., Servant, G. (eds) The Pharmacology of Taste . Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 275. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/164_2021_438
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