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Phyllodulcin
Phyllodulcin is a dihydroisocoumarin found in ''Hydrangea macrophylla'' and ''Hydrangea serrata''.Accumulation of phyllodulcin in sweet-leaf plants of Hydrangea serrata and its neutrality in the defence against a specialist leafmining herbivore. Mami Ujihara, Masateru Shinozaki and Makoto Kato, Researches on population ecology, Volume 37, Number 2, pp. 249–257, . It is a sweetener 400–800 times sweeter than sugar.Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Saccharides. P. Tomasik, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2003, . See also * Amacha is a Japanese herbal tea made from fermented leaves of ''Hydrangea macrophylla'' var. ''thunbergii''. The name derives from the characters for and . Amacha means ''sweet tea''. This tea contains tannin and phyllodulcin, a sweetener 400–800 ti ... References External links * Dihydroisocoumarins Sugar substitutes Vanilloids {{aromatic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydrangea Macrophylla
''Hydrangea macrophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Japan. It is a deciduous shrub growing to tall by broad with large heads of pink or blue flowers in summer and autumn. Common names include bigleaf hydrangea, French hydrangea, lacecap hydrangea, mophead hydrangea, penny mac and hortensia. It is widely cultivated in many parts of the world in many climates. It is not to be confused with '' H. aspera'' 'Macrophylla'. Description The term ''macrophylla'' means large- or long-leaved. The opposite leaves can grow to in length. They are simple, membranous, orbicular to elliptic and acuminate. They are generally serrated. The inflorescence of ''Hydrangea macrophylla'' is a corymb, with all flowers placed in a plane or hemisphere, or even a whole sphere in cultivated forms. Two distinct types of flowers can be identified: central, non-ornamental, pentamerous ones, and peripheral, ornamental, tetramerous ones. The latter have sterile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunberginol F
Thunberginol F is a phthalide found in ''Hydrangea macrophylla ''Hydrangea macrophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of ...''. References Catechols Lactones Phthalides 3-Hydroxypropenals {{phenol-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
