PlantMolecularTasteDB: A Database of Taste Active Phytochemicals.

Front Pharmacol

Department of Functional Sciences I/Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.

Published: January 2022

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