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Hernandulcin
Hernandulcin is an intensely sweet chemical compound gained from the chiefly Mexican and South American plant ''Lippia dulcis''. History and origin In the 1570s, Spanish physician Francisco Hernández described a remarkably sweet plant known to the Aztecs as Tzonpelic xihuitl, meaning "sweet herb". This reference, accompanied by an accurate description and illustration of the plant, led to a group of pharmacognocists in 1985 to a previously unrecognised, intensely sweet chemical that can provide sweetness without tooth decay. Cesar M. Compadre, and A. Douglas Kinghorn, from the University of Illinois at Chicago isolated and identified the sweet compound from the leaves and flowers of the ''Lippia dulcis'' plant, in Mexico. The researchers noted the chemical structure of the colourless oil, and named it hernandulcin after Francisco Hernandez. Structure Hernandulcin is a sesquiterpene with the molecular formula C15H24O2. By slightly modifying the compound, researchers have i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernandulcin Plant
Hernandulcin is an intensely sweet chemical compound gained from the chiefly Mexican and South American plant ''Lippia dulcis''. History and origin In the 1570s, Spain, Spanish physician Francisco Hernández de Toledo, Francisco Hernández described a remarkably sweet plant known to the Aztecs as Tzonpelic xihuitl, meaning "sweet herb". This reference, accompanied by an accurate description and illustration of the plant, led to a group of pharmacognocists in 1985 to a previously unrecognised, intensely sweet chemical that can provide sweetness without tooth decay. Cesar M. Compadre, and A. Douglas Kinghorn, from the University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Chicago isolated and identified the sweet Chemical compound, compound from the leaves and flowers of the ''Lippia dulcis'' plant, in Mexico. The researchers noted the chemical structure of the Transparency and translucency, colourless oil, and named it hernandulcin after Francisco Hernandez. Structure Hernandulcin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |