Potential sweetening agents of plant origin. II. field search for sweet-tastingStevia species

Autor:	S. K. Kamath, Cesar M. Compadre, P. J. Medon, D. D. Soejarto, A. D. Kinghorn
Rok vydání:	1983
Předmět:	Economic botany Plant ecology biology Genus Ethnobotany Botany Organoleptic Sweetening agents Plant Science Wine tasting Horticulture biology.organism_classification Stevia
Zdroj:	Economic Botany. 37:71-79
ISSN:	1874-9364 0013-0001
DOI:	10.1007/bf02859308
Popis:	Field work in Paraguay, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, including field organoleptic tests and interviews, was carried out in search of sweet-tasting Stevia species. Results of such tests performed on at least 31 species, as well as ethnobotanical data on 9 species, are presented. The data obtained showed that leaves of no other Stevia species studied possessed a potent sweet taste comparable to that of S. rebaudiana leaves. Since only 15% of the approximately 200 known species in this genus were investigated in this study, it is quite possible that further research may reveal additional sweet-tasting Stevia species.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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