Called “Candyleaf” in GBIF
Stevia is a genus of about 240 species of herbs and shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to subtropical and tropical regions from western North America to South America. The species Stevia rebaudiana in this genus is widely grown for its extraction of sweet compounds from its leaves and sold as a sugar substitute known as stevia and other trade names.
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The same leafy plant behind your zero-calorie sweetener packets may carry liver-protective compou...
If you grow stevia in your garden or use it to sweeten your tea, the way it's processed before it...
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In diabetic rats, an extract from the stevia plant protected the liver by reducing inflammation, oxidative stress, and cell death, performing alongside the diabetes drug metformin in several measures.
If you grow stevia in your garden or use it to sweeten your tea, the way it's processed before it reaches you could determine...