Steviol glycosides content in cultivated Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: A new sweet expectation from the Campania region (Italy)

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 111-120

  Pacifico, Severina ^a   Piccolella, Simona ^a   Nocera, Paola ^a   Tranquillo, Elisabetta ^a   Dal Poggetto, Francesco ^b   Catauro, Michelina ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Ecoricerche srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campania region (Italy); Food analysis; Food composition; FT IR; LC ESI MS MS analysis; Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni; Steviol glycosides

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026857469     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2017.07.041     Document Type: Article

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