Much attention has been placed
on glycosides which are extracted from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.
This perennial herb from the Asteraceae family is known to the scientificworld
for its sweetness caused by steviol glycosides (SG) which
are synthesized by SG biosynthesis pathway operating in the leaves.
Stevioside and rebaudioside A are the major metabolites (Yadav and
Guleria, 2012).