Study on the bioactivity of steviol and isosteviol in stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni)

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3243-3248

  Karimi, Mojtaba ^a   Hashemi, Javad ^b   Ahmadi, Ali ^a   Abbasi, Alireza ^a   Esfahani, Masoud ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Diterpene metabolites; Gibberellin; Steviol glycosides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910008434     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-014-1690-x     Document Type: Article

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