Flavor modulator having pyridine derivative or salt thereof as active ingredient
AssigneeT. Hasegawa Co., Ltd.
InventorsYamato Miyazawa, Yasutaka Ohkubo, Kenji Haraguchi, Michinaga Takahashi, Shogo Yoshida
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Abstract
2-(phenylalkyloxyalkyl)pyridine derivative or a 2-(phenylalkylthioalkyl)pyridine derivative imparts, when added to food and drink or cosmetics as an active ingredient, a flavor of natural impression thereto; and in particular, when added to food and drink, the compound imparts an umami imparting or enhancing, a saltiness enhancing a sweetness enhancing, and in particular, when added to a milk or dairy product, a food or drink product containing a milk or dairy product, or a dairy replacement product, the compound provides a milk richness enhancing.
Claims3
A compound represented by the following formula (4) or a salt thereof:
- wherein, in formula (4), n=2, 3, 4 or 5, m=1 or 2, provided that a case where n=2 and m=1 is excluded, X represents O or S, and Y represents the following formula (5) or (6):
- wherein, in the above formula (5), Z represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a group OR, where R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that a case where n=3 or 4 and m=1, X is O and Z is H or a methyl group is excluded,
- wherein, in the above formula (6), R1 to R5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and at least two of R1 to R5 are methyl groups.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.