Selligueain A Explained

Selligueain A is an A type proanthocyanidin trimer of the propelargonidin type.

It can be extracted from the rhizome of the fern Selliguea feei collected in Indonesia.^[1]

It has sweetener properties with relative sweetness of 35 times as compared to the intensity of a 2% w/v aqueous sucrose solution.

Notes and References

1. 8254348 . 56 . Selligueain A, a novel highly sweet proanthocyanidin from the rhizomes of Selliguea feei . 1993 . J Nat Prod . 1532–8 . Baek . NI . Chung . MS . Shamon . L . Kardono . LB . Tsauri . S . Padmawinata . K . Pezzuto . JM . Soejarto . DD . Kinghorn . AD . 9 . 10.1021/np50099a011.