Abstract:
Stevia rebaudiana is Asteraceae, medium size herbal crops. It is a native to tropical Asia but commonly found in the areas of South Africa, China, Brazil, the West India, East Africa and Mexico. Stevia is one of the important crops which must be grown in Pakistani areas like Swat, Hunza, Chilas, Malakand, Rawalpindi and Islamabad, where temperature ranges between 20C°-30C°. Stevia rebaudiana leaves contain phytochemical compounds including flavonoids, phenols and glycosides therefore it exhibits antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, anticancer and antifungal properties. The current project will be designed to explore the pharmacological properties of Stevia rebaudiana leaves. The leaves extract will be fractionated and purified through thin layer chromatography (TLC) to study different component and then subjected to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for quantification. The extract will also be analyzed for its antioxidative, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anticancer, antidiabetic potential and determination anti-nutritional components in extract. Then functional tea will be prepared from leave's extract and its qualitative features and toxic impact will be assessed by using albino rat's model. Thus, results obtained will be subjected to statistical analysis to compare the mean values of various treatments at P< 0.05.
Page(s):
193-193
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: International Food & Nutrition Conference" August 18th-20th, 2022, University of Swat, Swat (Book of Abstracts), Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Phytochemicals
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Antiinflammatory
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antioxidant
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Antidiabetic
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Anticancer
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Stevia rebaudiana
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Biosafety study of functional tea