Stevia: The Genus SteviaA. Douglas Kinghorn Stevia rebaudiana is a remarkable South American plant that has become widely used in certain parts of the world as a natural sweetening agent and dietary supplement. Purified extracts of S. rebaudiana have been used as sweeteners and flavor enhancers in the food industry in Japan for over a quarter of a century, and have been found to be up to 300 |
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2 Botany of Stevia and Stevia rebaudiana | 18 |
3 Ethnobotany of Stevia and Stevia rebaudiana | 40 |
4 Sweet and nonsweet constituents of Stevia rebaudiana | 68 |
a general survey | 87 |
6 Synthetic investigations on steviol stevioside and rebaudioside A and their applications as starting materials | 119 |
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