Stevia rebaudiana-a natural substitute for sugar

Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Medicinal Plants

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 885-909

  Jaita, Vikas ^a   Kaul, Kiran ^a   Kaul, V K ^a   Singh, Virendra ^a   Singh, Bikram ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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SUGAR INDUSTRY; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES;

CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; HERBAL MEDICINES; NATURAL SWEETENER; PERENNIAL PLANTS; STEVIA REBAUDIANA; STEVIA REBAUDIANA BERTONI; STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

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