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N-substituted derivatives of aspartame useful as sweetening agents

US5480668A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 9, 1993
Grant dateJan 2, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 9, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K5/0613
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Lower alkyl esters of compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein Z is hydrogen or hydroxyl and R is a hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by hydroxy and/or alkoxy group, are useful as sweetening agents.

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