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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
The dihydrochalcone derivatives of the bitter flavonoids naringin and neohesperedin are intensely sweet. Phyllodulcin is as sweet as the dihydrochalcones with similar taste properties although its structure apparently resembles that of bitter flavanone or flavone. Multifaceted approaches, including X-ray crystal structure analysis, energy calculation, and structure comparison, have been employed to clarify the structure-taste correlations in these classes of compounds. In the crystal, naringin dihydrochalcone assumes a 'J'-shaped conformation with a fully-extended dihydrochalcone moiety while neohesperidin dihydrochalcone assumes the same overall conformation but with a partially-extended moiety. A 2D conformational energy map of dihydrochalcone obtained using molecular mechanics revealed nine local minima. The pseudoequatorial and pseudoaxial forms of phyllodulcin have the same AM1 energies with a low energy barrier between them. The partially-extended form of dihydrochalcone and the pseudoequatorial form of phyllodulcin which are the maximally superposable conformers are proposed to be the active conformers. The major difference between the structures of flavone and phyllodulcin is not in the overall planarity but in the relative orientation of the pyrone and phenyl ring systems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4325-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Chalcone, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Chalcones, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Chemistry, Physical, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Coumarins, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Crystallization, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Flavones, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Flavonoids, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Isocoumarins, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Molecular Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Physicochemical Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Sweetening Agents, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Taste, pubmed-meshheading:7473560-Thermodynamics
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure-taste correlations in sweet dihydrochalcone, sweet dihydroisocoumarin, and bitter flavone compounds.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't