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monatin
Sign in to saveMonatin, commonly known as arruva, is a naturally occurring, high intensity sweetener isolated from the plant Sclerochiton ilicifolius, found in the Transvaal region of South Africa. Monatin contains no carbohydrate or sugar, and nearly no food energy, unlike sucrose or other nutritive sweeteners.
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Within Vinony's link graph, monatin is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to South Africa, feces and chemical formula.
It is catalogued under topics including Alpha hydroxycarboxylic acids, Amino acids and Chembox image size set.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C14H16N2O5
- Molecular weight
- 292.29 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (2S,4S)-4-amino-2-hydroxy-2-(1H-indol-3-ylmethyl)pentanedioic acid
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CN2)C[C@](C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)(C(=O)O)O
- InChIKey
- RMLYXMMBIZLGAQ-HZMBPMFUSA-N
- XLogP
- -2.2
- Polar surface area
- 137 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 5
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- indole alkaloid
- Mass
- 292.105922
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- isomeric SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CN2)C[C@](C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)(C(=O)O)O
- chemical formula
- C₁₄H₁₆N₂O₅
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CN2)CC(CC(C(=O)O)N)(C(=O)O)O
- Commons category
- Monatin
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Encyclopedic overview
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Monatin, commonly known as arruva, is a naturally occurring, high intensity sweetener isolated from the plant Sclerochiton ilicifolius, found in the Transvaal region of South Africa. Monatin contains no carbohydrate or sugar, and nearly no food energy, unlike sucrose or other nutritive sweeteners.
The name "monatin" is derived from the indigenous word for it, "molomo monate," which literally means "mouth nice."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “monatin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.