Phyllodulcin is a
dihydroisocoumarin found in ''
Hydrangea macrophylla
''Hydrangea macrophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
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'' 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
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400–800 times sweeter than sugar.
[Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Saccharides. P. Tomasik, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2003, .]
See also
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Amacha
References
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Dihydroisocoumarins
Sugar substitutes
Vanilloids
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