Steviol Glycosides from Stevia: Biosynthesis Pathway Review and their Application in Foods and Medicine

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 988-998

  Yadav, Sudesh Kumar ^a   Guleria, Praveen ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

applications; Stevia rebaudiana; steviol glycosides; sweetner

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY; GENES ENCODING; REBAUDIOSIDE-A; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SIDE EFFECT; STEVIA REBAUDIANA; STEVIOSIDES; SWEETNERS;

APPLICATIONS; BEVERAGES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; GENES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLITES; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SUGARS;

GLYCOSIDES;

GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; STEVIOL; STEVIOSIDE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEVIA;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DITERPENES, KAURANE; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDES; PLANT LEAVES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEVIA;

EID: 84864695654     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.519447     Document Type: Article

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