FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Chemical: aspartame
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General Information
Name
aspartame
FlyBase ID
FBch0001799
ChEBI Name
aspartame
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:2877
PubChem Name
Aspartame
PubChem ID
CID:134601
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of aspartame
aspartame
InChIKey

IAOZJIPTCAWIRG-QWRGUYRKSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

A dipeptide obtained by formal condensation of the alpha-carboxy group of L-aspartic acid with the amino group of methyl L-phenylalaninate. Commonly used as an artificial sweetener.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (30)
Synonyms
1-methyl N-L-alpha-aspartyl-L-phenylalanate
(ChEBI, 2019-)
22839-47-0
(PubChem, 2019-)
3-Amino-N-(alpha-carboxyphenethyl)succinamic acid N-methyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-)
3-Amino-N-(alpha-methoxycarbonylphenethyl) succinamic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
AminoSweet
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Asp-Phe methyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
Asp-phe-ome
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Aspartam
(PubChem, 2019-)
Aspartame
(Shankar et al., 2026, ChEBI, 2019-)
Aspartamo
(PubChem, 2019-)
Aspartamum
(PubChem, 2019-)
Aspartylphenylalanine methyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Canderel
(PubChem, 2019-)
E 951
(ChEBI, 2019-)
L-Aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
NutraSweet
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Nutrasweet
(PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:134601
(PubChem, 2019-)
Sanecta
(ChEBI, 2019-)
asp-phe methyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
asp-phe-ome
(PubChem, 2019-)
aspartam
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
aspartame
(Arntsen et al., 2025, Adedayo et al., 2023, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Camacho et al., 2017)
aspartamo
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
aspartamum
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
canderel
(PubChem, 2019-)
l-aspartyl-l-phenylalanine methyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
methyl L-alpha-aspartyl-L-phenylalaninate
(ChEBI, 2019-)
nutrasweet
(PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:134601
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (6)