Stevia rebaudiana as a novel source of food additives

Journal of Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 195-202

  Christaki, Efterpi ^a   Bonos, Eleftherios ^b   Giannenas, Ilias ^a   Karatzia, Maria A ^a   Florou Paneri, Panagiota ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Prebiotics; Rebaudioside A; Stevioside; Sweeteners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889607359     PISSN: 13368672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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