What are the two amino acids that are components of aspartame? What kind of bond links these amino acids? What do you suppose might happen if a solution of aspartame was heated for several hours at a pH near neutrality? Suppose you wanted to make hot chocolate sweetened only with aspartame, and you stored it in a thermos for several hours before drinking it. What might it taste like?

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Author:Lubert Stryer, Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr.

Publisher:Lubert Stryer, Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr.

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What are the two amino acids that are components of aspartame? What kind of bond links these amino acids? What do you suppose might happen if a solution of aspartame was heated for several hours at a pH near neutrality? Suppose you wanted to make hot chocolate sweetened only with aspartame, and you stored it in a thermos for several hours before drinking it. What might it taste like?

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Aspartame is a artificial sweetener which is composed of two amino acids. A peptide composed of two amino acids is called a dipeptide. It is 200 times sweeter than sucrose and it can be used as a substitute for sucrose in foods and beverages.

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