Everything about Gymnemic Acid totally explained
Gymnemic acids are
glycosides isolated from the leaves of
Gymnema sylvestre (
Asclepiadaceae). Gymnemic acids like
ziziphin and
hodulcine are anti-sweet compounds, or sweetness inhibitors. After chewing the leaves, solutions sweetened with
sucrose taste like water.
More than 20 homologues of gymnemic acid are found in the leaves. Gymnemic acid 1 has the highest anti-sweet properties. It suppresses the sweetness of most of the sweeteners including intense artificial sweeteners such as
aspartame and natural sweeteners such as
thaumatin, a sweet
protein. The anti-sweet activity is reversible, but sweetness recovery on the tongue can take more than 10 minutes.
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