enzymatic extraction agree with results obtained for other plantbased
bioactives, such as carotenoid (Choudhari & Ananthanarayan,
2007) and polysaccharide (Wu et al., 2007) where cellulase
was used for aiding extraction. These results indicate that degradation
of cell wall polysaccharides is the key step in enhancing yields
of stevioside from S. rebudiana