| Bioactivity | Stevia Powder is a natural sweetener with antioxidant activity. Stevia Powder can downregulate pro fibrotic pathways in cirrhotic rats, including reduced hepatic myofibroblasts and decreased expression of matrix metalloproteinases MMP2 and MMP13, upregulate anti fibrotic molecule Smad7, prevent serum necrosis and elevated bile stasis markers, thereby inhibiting the development of liver fibrosis[1][2]. |
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. |
| Storage | Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis. |
| Reference | [1]. Rao G N. Antioxidant activity of stevia (Stevia rebaudianaL.) leaf powder and a commercial stevioside powder[J]. Journal of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2014, 2(2). [2]. Ramos-Tovar E, et al. Stevia prevents experimental cirrhosis by reducing hepatic myofibroblasts and modulating molecular profibrotic pathways. Hepatol Res. 2019 Feb;49(2):212-223. |