The Science of Everyday Life

multi-point attachment theory

So how, then, does the super-sweet lugduname work?

steviol glycoside group of chemicals derived from the South American sugarleaf herb

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hydroxy-alpha-sanshool

causative molecule in chillies, capsaicin

more precisely the steviol glycoside group of chemicals derived from the South American sugarleaf herb.

an artificial sweetener from a natural source is stevia, or

Instead you could turn to glycyrrhizin, found in the woody roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra, more commonly called the liquorice plant, and used in the production of liquorice sweets.

The sweetest chemical so far discovered goes by the name of lugduname and ranks about 250,000 times sweeter than sucrose.