Ruta graveolens (rue) is a spontaneous plant in the Mediterranean area with a strong aroma and a very intense bitter taste, used in gastronomy and in folk medicine. From the leaves, stems and fruits of rue, we isolated rutin, rutamarin, three furanocoumarins, two quinolinic alkaloids, a dicoumarin and two long chain ketones. Bitter taste and chemesthetic properties have been evaluated by in vitro assays with twenty receptors of the TAS2R family and four TRP ion channels involved in gustation and nociception. Among the alkaloids, skimmianine was active as a specific agonist of T2R14, whereas kokusaginin did not activate any of the tested receptors. The furanocoumarins activates TAS2R10, 14, and 49 with different degrees of selectivity, as well as the TRPA1 somatosensory ion channel. Rutamarin is an agonist of TRPM5 and TRPV1 and a strong antagonist of TRPM8 ion channels.
Phytochemicals from Ruta graveolens Activate TAS2R Bitter Taste Receptors and TRP Channels Involved in Gustation and Nociception / G. Mancuso, G. Borgonovo, L. Scaglioni, A. Bassoli. - In: MOLECULES. - ISSN 1420-3049. - 20:10(2015 Oct 16), pp. 18907-18922.
Titolo: | Phytochemicals from Ruta graveolens Activate TAS2R Bitter Taste Receptors and TRP Channels Involved in Gustation and Nociception |
Autori: | MANCUSO, GIUSEPPE (Primo) BORGONOVO, GIGLIOLA (Secondo) SCAGLIONI, LEONARDO (Penultimo) BASSOLI, ANGELA (Ultimo) |
Parole Chiave: | Ruta graveolens; bitter taste; TAS2Rs receptors; chemesthesis; TRP channels |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organica |
Progetto: | Analisi integrata dei processi molecolari e cellulari responsabili dell'elaborazione di segnali sensoriali in condizioni normali e patologiche. |
Data di pubblicazione: | 16-ott-2015 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules201018907 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |
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