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Curculin is a sweet protein that was discovered and isolated in 1990 from the fruit of Curculigo latifolia (Hypoxidaceae) a plant from Malaysia. Like miraculin curculin exhibits taste-modifying activity; however unlike miraculin it also exhibits a sweet taste by itself. After consumption of curculin water and sour solutions taste sweet. The plant is referred to locally as ‘Lumbah’.
