The leaves of the native North American plant, Eriodictyon californicum, were once used to mask the bitter taste of pharmaceuticals, an application currently of importance. Ten flavonoids (1-10) were isolated from the leaves of E. californicum, of which the structure and absolute configuration of 6-methoxyhesperetin (8) were assigned for the first time. In addition, the absolute configurations at C-2 were established for 4'-isobutyrylhomoeriodictyol (3) and 6-methoxyhomoeriodictyol (7). Using a cell-based assay, it was determined that the 7-methoxylated flavanones, sakuranetin (2) and 6-methoxysakuranetin (9), and the flavone, jaceosidin (10), are antagonists of hTAS2R31.
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