Natural sweetener Stevia rebaudiana: Functionalities, health benefits and potential risks

Stevia rebaudiana is a South American plant, the cultivation of which is increasing worldwide due to its high content of sweet compounds. Stevia sweetness is mainly due to steviol glycosides, that are ~250-300 times sweeter than sucrose. Many studies have suggested the benefits of Stevia extract ove...

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Autores principales: Peteliuk, Victoria, Rybchuk, Lesia, Bayliak, Maria, Storey, Kenneth B., Lushchak, Oleh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8600158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34803554
http://dx.doi.org/10.17179/excli2021-4211
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Rybchuk, Lesia
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Lushchak, Oleh
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description Stevia rebaudiana is a South American plant, the cultivation of which is increasing worldwide due to its high content of sweet compounds. Stevia sweetness is mainly due to steviol glycosides, that are ~250-300 times sweeter than sucrose. Many studies have suggested the benefits of Stevia extract over sugar and artificial sweeteners, but it is still not a very popular sugar substitute. This review summarizes current data on the biological activities of S. rebaudiana extract and its individual glycosides, including anti-hypertensive, anti-obesity, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial effects and improvement of kidney function. Possible side effects and toxicity of Stevia extract are also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-86001582021-11-19 Natural sweetener Stevia rebaudiana: Functionalities, health benefits and potential risks Peteliuk, Victoria Rybchuk, Lesia Bayliak, Maria Storey, Kenneth B. Lushchak, Oleh EXCLI J Review Article Stevia rebaudiana is a South American plant, the cultivation of which is increasing worldwide due to its high content of sweet compounds. Stevia sweetness is mainly due to steviol glycosides, that are ~250-300 times sweeter than sucrose. Many studies have suggested the benefits of Stevia extract over sugar and artificial sweeteners, but it is still not a very popular sugar substitute. This review summarizes current data on the biological activities of S. rebaudiana extract and its individual glycosides, including anti-hypertensive, anti-obesity, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial effects and improvement of kidney function. Possible side effects and toxicity of Stevia extract are also discussed. Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 2021-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8600158/ /pubmed/34803554 http://dx.doi.org/10.17179/excli2021-4211 Text en Copyright © 2021 Peteliuk et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ) You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited.
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