Hodulcine

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Japanese raisin tree

Hodulcine (also Hoduloside ) are a group of triterpene - glycosides of the Dammaran type, which in the Japanese raisin tree Hovenia dulcis Thunb. occurrence.

properties

Hodulcine inhibit in humans the receptor for sweet taste on the tongue, as well lactisole , gymnemic acids , Gurmarin and ziziphine . Among the Hodulcinen, Hodulosid 1 inhibits the sweet taste the strongest, but weaker than gymnastic acids. The tastes for sour, salty and bitter are not inhibited by Hodulcine. Hodulcine are found in the leaves, roots and fruits of the Japanese raisin tree.

Individual evidence

  1. David A. Bender: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. Oxford University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-192-51842-2 .
  2. ^ AD Kinghorn, CM Compadre: Alternative Sweeteners (Third Edition, Revised and Expanded ed.) (2001). Marcel Dekker, New York. ISBN 0-8247-0437-1 .
  3. a b Klaus Dürrschmid: Purposefully changing gustatory perception. Behr's Verlag DE, 2009, ISBN 978-3-899-47970-6 , p. 40.
  4. Amritpal Singh: Herbalism, Phytochemistry and Ethnopharmacology. CRC Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-439-85361-0 , p. 137.
  5. M. Yoshikawa, T. Murakami, T. Ueda, H. Matsuda, J. Yamahara, N. Murakami: Bioactive saponins and glycosides. IV. Four methyl-migrated 16,17-seco-dammarane triterpene gylcosides from Chinese natural medicine, hoveniae semen seu fructus, the seeds and fruit of Hovenia dulcis THUNB .: absolute stereostructures and inhibitory activity on histamine release of hovenidulciosides A1, A2, B1 , and B2. In: Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin. Volume 44, Number 9, September 1996, pp. 1736-1743, PMID 8855368 .