Patent ID: 7763431
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A01K,C07K,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying a compound that potentially elicits or modulates T1R2/T1R3 (sweet) receptor-associated taste comprising: (i) screening one or more compounds in a binding assay which identifies compounds that specifically bind to a T1R2/T1R3 (sweet) taste receptor or which specifically modulate (enhance or inhibit) the specific binding of another compound to a T1R2/T1R3 (sweet) taste receptor; and (ii) identifying compounds that potentially elicit or modulate T1R2/T1R3 (sweet) taste based on their (a) specific binding to a T1R2/T1R3 sweet taste receptor or (b) modulation of the specific binding of said another compound to a T1R2/T1R3 sweet taste receptor.