Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, source of a high-potency natural sweetener: A comprehensive review on the biochemical, nutritional and functional aspects

Food Chemistry

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1121-1132

  Lemus Mondaca, Roberto ^a,b   Vega Gálvez, Antonio ^a   Zura Bravo, Liliana ^a   Kong, Ah Hen ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Low calorie sweeteners; Rebaudioside A; Stevia rebaudiana; Stevioside; Therapeutic properties

Indexed keywords

LOW CALORIE SWEETENERS; REBAUDIOSIDE-A; STEVIA REBAUDIANA; STEVIOSIDES; THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES;

AMINO ACIDS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOOD ADDITIVES; OLEFINS; PATHOGENS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SUGARS;

GLYCOSIDES;

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; DITERPENE; DULCOSIDE A; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; REBAUDIOSIDE A; REBAUDIOSIDE C; SODIUM; STEARIC ACID; STEVIA REBAUDIANA EXTRACT; STEVIOL; STEVIOSIDE; SWEETENING AGENT; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; ZINC;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASH; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CALORIE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COOKED FOOD; CROP; DRUG ISOLATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STEVIA; SWEETNESS; THERMOSTABILITY;

STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 84856221678     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.11.140     Document Type: Review

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