Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Eriodictyol is a bitter-masking flavanone a flavonoid extracted from Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum) a plant native to North America. Eriodictyol is one of the 4 flavanones identified in this plant as having taste-modifying properties the other three being: homoeriodictyol its sodium salt and sterubin.Eriodictyol was also found in the twigs of Millettia duchesnei in Eupatorium arnottianum lemons and one of its glycoside in rose hips (Rosa canina).