Aspartame

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  aspartame \aspartame\ n.
     1. an artificial sweetener containing an aspartic acid
        peptide, ({C14H18N2O5}); it is 160 times sweeter than
        sucrose (cane sugar) and is used as a calorie-free
        sweetener. Chemically it is
        N-L-[alpha]-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester. It is


        sold also under the trade name {Equal}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aspartame
       n : an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a
           calorie-free sweetener