Sweet Leaf
M. Sudhakaran*
Department of Environmental Sciences, J.K.K. Munirajah College of Agricultural Sciences, Erode, Tamil Nadu (638 506), India
A. Ravanachandar
Department of Horticulture, J.K.K. Munirajah College of Agricultural Sciences, Erode, Tamil Nadu (638 506), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: stevia, stevioside, steviolbioside, dulcoside
Abstract
Stevia plant is a nutrient rich plant which belongs to asteraceae family. The leaves of stevia contain diterpene glycosides stevioside, rebaudiosides A-F, steviolbioside and dulcoside which are responsible for its sweetness. Stevia is termed as natural sweetener. It is very low in calories parts by parts, its dry leaves possess roughly 40 times more sweetness than sugar rebaudioside-A, are found to be 300 times sweeter than sugar.
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