Stevioside Introduction

Stevioside is a glycoside acquired from the stevia plant, which can be acclimated as a sweetener.

Stevioside is a accustomed aspartame extracted from leaves of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni. The abstract about Stevia, the accident of its sweeteners, their biosynthetic alleyway and toxicological aspects are discussed. Injection abstracts or perfusion abstracts of organs are advised as not accordant for the use of Stevia or stevioside as food, and accordingly these studies are not included in this review. The metabolism of stevioside is discussed in affiliation with the accessible accumulation of steviol. Different mutagenicity studies as able-bodied as studies on carcinogenicity are discussed. Acute and subacute toxicity studies appear a actual low toxicity of Stevia and stevioside. Fertility and teratogenicity studies are discussed as able-bodied as the furnishings on the bio-availability of added nutrients in the diet. The cessation is that Stevia and stevioside are safe if acclimated as a sweetener. It is ill-fitted for both diabetics, and PKU patients, as able-bodied as for adipose bodies intending to lose weight by alienated amoroso supplements in the diet. No allergic reactions to it assume to exist.