There is so much research on Stevia. And all points to that it is a wonderful product! But, since you cannot patent it, anybody in the right climate can grow it, it seems that strong interests would not have appreciated that this research had been made public. Here below is just a small selection from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI.
Stevioside. Phytochemistry. 2003 Nov;64(5):913-21.
Review.
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Effect of Stevia rebaudiana on glucose tolerance in
normal adult humans.
Braz J Med Biol Res. 1986;19(6):771-4.
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Antihyperglycemic effects of stevioside in type 2
diabetic subjects.
Metabolism. 2004 Jan;53(1):73-6.
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Effect of stevioside on growth and reproduction.
Hum Reprod. 1991 Jan;6(1):158-65.
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Stevioside acts directly on pancreatic beta cells to
secrete insulin: actions independent of cyclic
adenosine monophosphate and adenosine
triphosphate-sensitive K+-channel activity.
Metabolism. 2000 Feb;49(2):208-14.
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Antihyperglycemic and blood pressure-reducing
effects of stevioside in the diabetic Goto-Kakizaki
rat.
Metabolism. 2003 Mar;52(3):372-8.
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Increase of insulin sensitivity by stevioside in
fructose-rich chow-fed rats..
Horm Metab Res. 2005 Oct;37(10):610-6.
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The effect of stevioside on blood pressure and
plasma catecholamines in spontaneously hypertensive
rats.
Life Sci. 1998;63(19):1679-84.
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Evaluation of the cariogenic potential of the intense natural sweeteners stevioside and rebaudioside A.
Caries Res. 1992;26(5):363-6.Link in English
Preventive effects of a soy-based diet supplemented with stevioside on the development of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in Zucker diabetic fatty rats. Metabolism. 2005 Sep;54(9):1181-8.
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Mechanism of the hypoglycemic effect of stevioside,
a glycoside of Stevia rebaudiana.
Planta Med. 2005 Feb;71(2):108-13.
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Rebaudioside A potently stimulates insulin secretion
from isolated mouse islets: studies on the dose-,
glucose-, and calcium-dependency. Metabolism. 2004
Oct;53(10):1378-81.
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Efficacy and tolerability of oral stevioside in patients with mild essential hypertension: a two-year, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Clin
Ther. 2003 Nov;25(11):2797-808.
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Mechanism of the antihypertensive effect of
stevioside in anesthetized dogs.
Pharmacology. 2003 Jan;67(1):14-20.
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Antihypertensive effect of stevioside in different
strains of hypertensive rats.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei). 2002 Jan;65(1):1-6.
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There is so much research on Stevia. And all points to that it is a wonderful product! But, since you cannot patent it, anybody in the right climate can grow it, it seems that strong interests would not have appreciated that this research had been made public. Here below is just a small selection from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI.
