Stevioside and related compounds: Therapeutic benefits beyond sweetness

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Roberts, Ashley ^a   Munro, Ian ^a  

^a Cantox Health Sciences International   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REBAUDIOSIDE A; STEVIOL; STEVIOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMET ASSAY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAFETY; STEVIA; SWEETNESS;

ANIMALS; DITERPENES, KAURANE; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; STEVIA; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 67349112128     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.03.005     Document Type: Letter

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