Novel N-(sulfomethyl)-N'-arylureas
AssigneeThe NutraSweet Company
InventorsGlenn Roy, Chris Culberson, George Muller, Srinivasan Nagarajan
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Abstract
N-(sulfomethyl)-N'-arylureas inhibit or suppress bitter and sweet tastes when mixed with sweet and/or bitter tasting compositions, such as foods, beverages and pharmaceutical preparations.
Claims8
A method of inhibiting the sweet taste of a food, beverage or pharmaceutical composition having a sweet taste which comprises adding to the food, beverage or pharmaceutical composition one or more compounds of formula ##STR6## wherein X represents H, CHO, CN, CO.sub.2 C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, COC.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, CONH.sub.2, Br, Cl, F, I or NO.sub.2 or physiologically acceptable salts thereof in an amount effective to inhibit all or a portion of the sweet taste thereof.
A composition comprising
- (a) a sweet or bitter tasting food, beverage of pharmaceutical preparation;
- and
- (b) one or more compounds of formula ##STR7## wherein X represents H, CHO, CN, CO.sub.2 C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, COC.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, CONH.sub.2, Br, Cl, F, I or NO.sub.2 or physiologically acceptable salts thereof in an amount effective to inhibit all or a portion of the sweet or bitter taste of (a).
A method of inhibiting the bitter taste of a food, beverage or pharmaceutical composition which contains a bitter tasting organic compound which comprises adding to the food, beverage or pharmaceutical composition one or more compounds of formula ##STR8## wherein X represents H, CHO, CN, CO.sub.2 C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, COC.sub.1 -C.sub.3 Alkyl, CONH.sub.2, Br, Cl, F, I or NO.sub.2 or physiologically acceptable salts thereof in an amount effective to inhibit all or a portion of the sweet taste thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.