NOVEL TRITERPENE-GLYCOSIDES AS SWEETENERS OR SWEETENER ENHANCERS

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A sweetener compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 are independently of one another and denote hydrogen, hydroxyl carbonyl or a sugar moiety selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide, an oligosaccharide and mixtures thereof, wherein the monosaccharide and/or the monosaccharide units of the oligosaccharide are selected from the group consisting of fructose, glucose, sucrose, xylose, maltose, mannose rhamnose, galactose, lactose, gentiobiose, sophorose, 2-glucopyranosyl-glucose, glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-[glucopyranosyl-(1-6)]-glucopyranose, cellobiose, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol or arabitol glucuronic acid quinovose, arabinopyranose, arabinofuranose, xylopyranose, xylofuranose, apiose (2,3,4-trihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)butanal) and mixtures thereof, and wherein the oligosaccharide consists of 2 to 5 monosaccharide units.