Eriodictyol is a bitter-masking flavanone

Flavonoid

Flavonoids , are a class of plant secondary metabolites....

, a flavonoid

Flavonoid

Flavonoids , are a class of plant secondary metabolites....

 extracted from Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum

Eriodictyon californicum

Eriodictyon californicum is a species of plant within the Hydrophyllaceae family. It is also known as Yerba Santa, Mountain Balm, Consumptive's Weed and Bear Weed.-Distribution:...

), a plant native to North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

. Eriodictyol is one of the 4 flavanone

Flavanone

The flavanones are a type of flavonoids. They are generally glycosylated by a disaccharide at position seven to give flavanone glycosides.-List of flavanones:* Butin* Eriodictyol* Hesperetin* Hesperidin* Homoeriodictyol* Isosakuranetin* Naringenin...

s identified in this plant as having taste-modifying properties, the other three being: homoeriodictyol

Homoeriodictyol

Homoeriodictyol is a bitter-masking flavanone extracted from Herba Santa a plant growing in America.Homoeriodictyol is one of the 4 flavanones identified by Symrise in this plant eliciting taste-modifying property: homoeriodictyol sodium salt, eriodictyol and sterubin...

, its sodium salt and sterubin

Sterubin

Sterubin is a bitter-masking flavanone extracted from Herba Santa a plant growing in America....

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Eriodictyol was also found in the twigs of Millettia duchesnei

Millettia duchesnei

Millettia duchesnei is a plant species in the genus Millettia.The rotenoids elliptol, 12-deoxo-12alpha-methoxyelliptone, 6-methoxy-6a,12a-dehydrodeguelin, 6a,12a-dehydrodeguelin, 6-hydroxy-6a,12a-dehydrodeguelin, 6-oxo-6a,12a-dehydrodeguelin, 12a-hydroxyelliptone and the flavanone eriodictyol can...

, in Eupatorium arnottianum , lemons and one of its glycoside in rose hips (Rosa canina).