Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni- A review of nutritional and biochemical properties of natural sweetener

Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-30

  Šic Žlabur, Jana ^a   Voća, Sandra ^a   Dobričević, Nadica ^a   Ježek, Damir ^a   Bosiljkov, Tomislav ^a   Brnčić, Mladen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Glycoside; Phytochemicals; Processing capabilities of stevia; Rebaudioside A; Stevioside

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH CARE; LEAF; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 84875656068     PISSN: 13317768     EISSN: 13317776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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