Stevia Extract

Introduction: Stevioside (English: Stevioside, Stevia), also known as stevia, stevia extract, a kind of glycoside, was extracted by French scientists from stevia (or stevia leaf), a herb of the composite family, in 1931. It can be used as a sweetener, while stevia has been used as a herb and sugar substitute for hundreds of years in South America. It has the characteristics of high sweetness and low heat energy. Its sweetness is 200-300 times that of sucrose, and its calorific value is only 1/300 of sucrose.

Character: stevioside is white crystalline powder; It is slightly sweet and bitter.

Stevioside has been widely used in the food industry and pharmaceutical industry as a sweetener, additive and flavor corrector, and in the cosmetics industry as a sweetener in toothpaste. Stevia extract can promote the growth of hair in rats, and its promotion rate is similar to that of the currently used product of hair growth and hair growth, which is 143 under the same conditions, indicating that Stevia extract can replace the product of hair growth and be used in hair growth products; The inhibition of stevia extract on the activity of melanocytes showed that it was a more effective whitening additive for cosmetics than kojic acid; Stevia extract can inhibit Legionella pneumophila, which can cause skin infection in the air-conditioned environment. Therefore, stevia extract can play a role in preventing dermatitis or eczema.

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