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US 10,472,385 B2Granted
Triterpene-glycosides as sweeteners or sweetener enhancers
AssigneeAnalyticon Discovery GmbH
InventorsKarsten Siems, Grit Kluge, Sven Jakupovic, Gregor Hetterling, Fotini Tschirintzi
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Abstract
Suggested are triterpene-glycoside compounds, which are obtainable by the extraction of Momordica grosvenorii (Siraitia grosvenori) which are useful as a sweetener or sweetener enhancer in preparations and compositions, especially oral edible compositions.
Claims6
A method of sweetening or enhancing sweetening effect, comprising
- incorporating a sweetener compound of the following formula (I)
- wherein R1 is glucopyranosyl, R2 is glucopyranosyl-1-(1→2)-[glucopyranosyl-(1→6)]-glucopyranosyl, and R3 denotes hydrogen,
- into a composition to sweeten or enhance the sweeting effect in the composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.