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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Mogrosides
- Biosynthesis
- Stability
- Uses
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Structural formula of mogroside 2 E
A mogroside is a triterpene glycoside of cucurbitane derivatives found in certain plants, such as the fruit of the gourd vine Siraitia grosvenorii (known as monkfruit or luohan guo). Mogrosides are extracted from S. grosvenorii and used in the manufacture of sugar substitutes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mogroside” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.