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Theresa Stolle1, Freya Grondinger1, Andreas Dunkel1

  • 1Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, Technische Universität München, Lise-Meitner Str. 34, D-85354 Freising, Germany.

Food Chemistry
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Endopeptidase activitySWATH-MSSalivaSalt tasteSensitivityTargeted proteomics

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