神秘果

神秘果素是一种能使酸味变甜的碱性糖蛋白。

Miraculin is an alkaline glycol-protein which can transform sour to sweet taste .

神秘果含特殊糖蛋白，具有转换味觉的功能。

Mysterious fruit with special glycoprotein , has the function of conversion taste .

本论文对姜辣素和神秘果的抗氧化特性进行了研究。

Anti-oxidation characteristics of ginger oleoresin and mysterious fruit have been studied in this paper separately .

还对神秘果素的变味功能和机理进行了阐述。

In the same time , the taste-modifying function and the mechanism had been interpreted too .

神秘果之所以奇妙神奇，是因水果中含有大量的神秘果素（代糖），合成一种糖蛋白（变味糖蛋白）。

What makes the fruit strange and miraculous , is miraculin ( a sugar substitute ), which is found in large quantities in the fruit , combined with a glycoprotein .

神秘果晒干后就可以运输，宴会中的每位宾客都会吃上一枚，然后再品尝各种各样的普通食品，每吃一口，都会体验到一种奇妙的新口味。

The berries are dried and exported , and the party guests each have one and then taste all kinds of common foods to experience a new taste sensation with every bite .

在70年代，曾试图把这种水果商业化，把其当利于减肥的商品来销售，因为神秘果可以把任何膳食变甜，却不增加热量的摄入。

In the70s attempts were made to commercialize and sell the fruit as a diet aid , as it has the potential to turn any meal sweet , without affecting your calorie intake .

神秘果：一种原产于西非的水果，内含一种叫神秘果蛋白的糖蛋白。神秘果蛋白结合在味蕾上以后，吃酸的东西也感到是甜的。

Straight edge : The miracle fruit ( Synsepalum dulcificum ), native to West Africa , contains a glycoprotein called miraculin that binds to taste receptors on the tongue and makes sour foods taste sweet .

这种现象的原因尚未十分明确，但似乎是神秘果素扰乱了舌头上的味蕾感受器的功能，让它们只选择感受甜味而对酸味的感觉产生麻痹。

Although the definite reason for this occurrence is not fully understood , it would seem as if the miraculin distorts the shape of the sweetness receptors in the tongue so that they pick up on acid instead of sweetness .

这种水果本身并不含有太多的糖分，它尝上去仅仅微甜；但吃了神秘果之后，变味糖蛋白扰乱了舌头上的味蕾功能，之后任何味道都变成了甜味，这种状态可以持续一小时左右。

The fruit itself does not contain a lot of sugar , and tastes only mildly sweet but when eaten , the glycoprotein binds to the tongues taste buds , which , for about an hour after eating the fruit , distorts any other taste into sweetness .