Word: saccharine
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...beneficial medical uses of saccharin outweigh its potential carcinogenic effects, a Medical School professor testified at a hearing before the House Committee on Health and the Environment this week...
Kurt J. Isselbacher, Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, was one of five scientists who testified that the benefits of using saccharin are great for obese or diabetic people, vastly outweighing the "remote" risk of cancer involved...
After recent tests conducted in Canada found that large doses of saccharin caused bladder cancer in rats, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a ban on the artificial sweetener to take effect within 120 days...
Elusive Mechanism. Despite the problems with cyclamates and saccharin, many researchers are optimistic about ultimately finding a safe sugar substitute. But their task is complicated by the subtle and elusive nature of the taste mechanism. Most of the known artificial sweeteners have been discovered accidentally. To make sweeteners to order, scientists will need to learn more about the taste buds. Spread across the tongue, these clusters of cells are sensitive to the four major taste sensations: sweet, sour, bitter and salt. Physiologists believe that parts of the food molecules actually fit loosely into receptors on the cells, somewhat like...
...largely hit-or-miss basis. One chemical, called aspartame, was found by G.D. Searle & Co. during research on an ulcer drug. The FDA had approved aspartame's sale, but stayed that action pending a new look at Searle's test data. Another contender to succeed saccharin is a chemical called xylitol; used as a chewing-gum sweetener in tests in Finland and the U.S., it sharply reduced formation of cavities. But it costs more than sugar and has the same number of calories...