Phyllodulcin is a dihydroisocoumarin found in Hydrangea macrophylla[1] and Hydrangea serrata.[2] It is a sweetener 400–800 times sweeter than sugar.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Effects of phyllodulcin, hydrangenol, and their 8-O-glucosides, and Thunberginols A and F from Hydrangea macrophylla SERINGE var. thunbergii MAKINO on passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction in rats. Matsuda H., Shimoda H., Yamahara J. and Yoshikawa M., Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin, 1999, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 870–872, INIST 1959604.
- ^ 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, doi:10.1007/BF02515827.
- ^ Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Saccharides. P. Tomasik, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8493-1486-5.
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