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View all news →Polyphenol Finder beta version is now available
Search and compare polyphenol data including sensory characteristics, physicochemical properties, and bioregulatory actions.
Read more →Sweetener Finder is now under construction
A dedicated database for natural and synthetic sweeteners covering taste, odor, sweetness, and physicochemical properties.
Read more →Sensory Nutrition Lab website launched
Our official website is now open. We explore the crosstalk of food sensation, palatability, and bioregulatory function.
Read more →New findings: brain-gut correlation in food sensation
Food sense signals activate the brain directly via the gastrointestinal tract, not only through oral and nasal cavities.
Read more →Predictive model for structure-sensation-function now included
Both finders will support AI-based prediction of relationships between molecular structure, sensory profile, and biofunction.
Read more →About
Sensory nutrition is a new academic discipline that explores the crosstalk of a food's sensory properties, bioregulatory functions, and palatability.
Why sensory nutrition?
Food has three functions.
Until now, these three functions have been studied separately.
Food Sense and Brain-Gut Correlation
On the other hand, recent studies have shown that the taste and smell of
“food sense“ signals are received not only in the oral and nasal cavities, but also in the gastrointestinal tract, where they are directlyactivate the brain and regulate bodily functions.
In other words, the functional expression of food.”brain-gut correlation” was revealed to be of paramount importance.
Our Goals and Products
”The database integrates food sensation, eating behavior, preference, and bio-modulation for researchers who are exploring ”sensory nutrition".
Polyphenol Finder
Database for polyphenols, which represent the greatest diversity of plant secondary metabolites.
-Basic information (molecular weight, structural formula, 2D/3D structure, etc.)
-Physical and chemical properties (LogP, stability)Sensory characteristics (human panel test results)(binding energy value with taste receptors)
-Bioregulatory actions (circulatory system)Energy Metabolic System)
* are some compounds
Sweetener Finder
Database for natural and synthetic sweeteners
–Basic information (molecular weight, structural formula, 2D/3D structure, etc.)
-Physicochemical properties (properties and solubility)
-Sensory characteristics (taste, odor, sweetness)Taste changes with pH/temperature)
* are some compounds
[Features]
- Covers physicochemical properties, functional properties, and biofunctional modulation
- Reverse lookup function” and ”Export function” for sharing
- "Estimation of the relationship between structure, sensation, and function using a ”predictive model