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Stevia rebaudiana is a plant species in the genus Stevia of the family Asteraceae. It is commonly known as candyleaf, sweetleaf or sugarleaf. [1] [2] It is a small seasonal plant which grows to a height of 30–60 centimetres (1–2 feet). [2] It has elongated leaves that grow along the stems and are lined up against each other.
The cancer treatment drug topotecan is a synthetic chemical compound similar in chemical structure to camptothecin which is found in extracts of Camptotheca (happy tree). [7] Catharanthus roseus. Vinca alkaloids were originally manufactured by extracting them from Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle). [1] Podophyllum spp.
Stevia rebaudiana extracts and derivatives are produced industrially and marketed under different trade names. Rebiana is an abbreviated name for the Stevia extract, rebaudioside A. [36] Truvia is the brand for an erythritol and rebiana sweetener concoction manufactured by Cargill and developed jointly with the Coca-Cola Company. [37]
Djaja D. Soejarto is an Indonesian-born botanist, ethnobotanist, pharmacognosist, academic and author.He is an adjunct curator at the Field Museum of Natural History as well as professor emeritus in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and at the Pharmacognosy Institute of the College of Pharmacy, the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Rebiana is the trade name for high-purity rebaudioside A, a steviol glycoside that is 200 times as sweet as sugar. [1] It is derived from stevia leaves by steeping them in water and purifying the resultant extract to obtain the rebaudioside A. [1] The Coca-Cola Company filed patents on rebiana, and in 2007 it licensed the rights to the patents for food products to Cargill; Coca-Cola retained ...
Human use of the sweet species S. rebaudiana originated in South America. [10] The species Stevia rebaudiana is widely grown for the sweet compounds ( steviol glycosides ) extracted from its leaves, sold as a sugar substitute under the generic name stevia and several trade names.
Ginger has been promoted as a cancer treatment for its supposed ability to halt tumor growth; however, according to the American Cancer Society, "available scientific evidence does not support this". [73] Ginseng – a species of perennial plant, the root of which is promoted for its therapeutic value, including a claimed ability to help fight ...
Steviol is a diterpene first isolated from the plant Stevia rebaudiana in 1931. [1] Its chemical structure was not fully elucidated until 1960. [2]Steviol occurs in the plant as steviol glycosides, sweet compounds that have found widespread use as sugar substitutes. [3]