Botanical name: Stevia rebaudiana
Other name: sweetleaf
The stevia plant provides a calorie-free source of sweetness, with its leaves containing the key components responsible for its sweet taste, known as steviol glycosides. Extracts from these leaves are employed as sweeteners in various reduced-calorie packaged foods and beverages as a substitute for sugar.
Medicinal Uses:
- Treating renal diseases
- Liver pathologies
- Diabetes
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypertension
- Tumors
- Microbial diseases
- Obesity.
