Steviol glycosides in purified stevia leaf extract sharing the same metabolic fate

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-133

  Purkayastha, Sidd ^a   Markosyan, Avetik ^a   Prakash, Indra ^b   Bhusari, Sachin ^b   Pugh, George ^b   Lynch, Barry ^c   Roberts, Ashley ^c  

^a PureCircle Limited   (United States)

^b The Coca Cola Company   (United States)

^c Intertek Scientific and Regulatory Consultancy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Human; In vitro metabolism; Rebaudiosides; Safety; Stevia leaf extract; Steviol glycosides

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGLUCOSE; DULCOSIDE A; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; REBAUDIOSIDE A; REBAUDIOSIDE B; REBAUDIOSIDE C; REBAUDIOSIDE D; REBAUDIOSIDE E; REBAUDIOSIDE F; REBAUDIOSIDE M; RHAMNOSE; STEVIOL; STEVIOLBIOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE; GLYCOSIDE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FECAL HOMOGENATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOMOGENATE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEVIA; TIME FACTOR;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; DITERPENES, KAURANE; FECES; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEVIA; SWEETENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960350724     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2016.02.015     Document Type: Article

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