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Stevia: A Comprehensive Review on Ethnopharmacological Properties and In Vitro Regeneration

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The present review illustrates the pharmacological properties and production of planting materials through in vitro organogenesis of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni). The plant is native to Paraguay; however, the main producers of stevia are Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, Brazil, Malaysia and India. This plant is recorded as having a non-caloric natural sugar, alternative to artificially produced sugar substitutes and hence traditionally has been used to sweeten beverages. This article enumerates an overview on pharmacological and micropropagation aspects which are of use to researchers for further exploration for the indispensable improvement of this potential herb with medicinal importance.

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Abbreviations

BA:

N6-Benzyladenine

BAP:

N6-Benzylaminopurine

Ca:

Callus

IAA:

Indole-3-acetic acid

IBA:

Indole-3-butyric acid

Kin:

6-Furfurylaminopurine

MS:

Murashige and Skoog (1962)

Mult Sht:

Multiple shoot

NAA:

α-Napthalene acetic acid

PGR:

Plant growth regulator

Rt:

Root

Sht Reg:

Adventitious shoot regeneration

Som Em:

Somatic embryo

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    Nirmal Mandal

  2. Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Saikat Gantait

  3. College of Horticulture, Bihar Agricultural University, Noorsarai, Nalanda, 803113, Bihar, India

    Arpita Das

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Gantait, S., Das, A. & Mandal, N. Stevia: A Comprehensive Review on Ethnopharmacological Properties and In Vitro Regeneration. Sugar Tech 17, 95–106 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-014-0316-3

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