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.

References

  1. ^ Baek, NI; Chung, MS; Shamon, L; Kardono, LB; Tsauri, S; Padmawinata, K; Pezzuto, JM; Soejarto, DD; Kinghorn, AD (1993). "Selligueain A, a novel highly sweet proanthocyanidin from the rhizomes of Selliguea feei". J Nat Prod. 56 (9): 1532–8. doi:10.1021/np50099a011. PMID 8254348.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selligueain_A
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