Hodulcine (or hoduloside) are
glycoside
In chemistry, a glycoside is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to another functional group via a glycosidic bond. Glycosides play numerous important roles in living organisms. Many plants store chemicals in the form of inactive glycosides. ...
s (
dammarane
Dammarane is a tetracyclic triterpene found in sapogenins (forming triterpenoid saponins) like those of ginseng (ginsenosides: panaxatriol and protopanaxadiol). Compounds of the series were first isolated from and named after dammar resin, a natu ...
-type
triterpene
Triterpenes are a class of chemical compounds composed of three terpene units with the molecular formula C30H48; they may also be thought of as consisting of six isoprene units. Animals, plants and fungi all produce triterpenes, including squale ...
s) which are isolated from the leaves of ''
Hovenia dulcis
''Hovenia dulcis'', the Japanese raisin tree or oriental raisin tree, is a hardy tree found in Asia, from Eastern China ( 萬壽果; pinyin: wànshòuguǒ) and Korea (헛개나무, ''heotgae namu'') to the Himalayas (up to altitudes of 2,000 m), ...
Thunb.'' (''
Rhamnaceae
The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales.
The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae h ...
'') also known as Japanese Raisin Tree.
Several glycosides
homologue have been found in this plant and although
hoduloside 1 exhibits the highest anti-sweet activity, it is less potent than
gymnemic acid 1.
[Kinghorn, A.D. and Compadre, C.M. Alternative Sweeteners: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded, Marcel Dekker ed., New York, 2001. ]
See also
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Gymnemic acid Gymnemic acids are a class of chemical compounds isolated from the leaves of ''Gymnema sylvestre'' (Asclepiadaceae). They are anti-sweet compounds, or sweetness inhibitors. After chewing the leaves, solutions sweetened with sugar taste like water.
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Lactisole
Lactisole is the sodium salt and commonly supplied form of 2-(4-methoxyphenoxy)propionic acid, a natural carboxylic acid found in roasted coffee beans. Like gymnemic acid, it has the property of masking sweet flavors and is used for this purpose ...
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Ziziphin
Ziziphin, a triterpene glycoside which exhibits taste-modifying properties, has been isolated from the leaves of ''Ziziphus jujuba'' (''Rhamnaceae'').
Among ziziphin's known homologues found in this plant, it is the most anti-sweet. However, its ...
References
External links
Hovenia dulcis - Plants For A Future database report
Taste modifiers
Triterpene glycosides
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