Sci228week2 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SCI 228 Week 2 Introduction to Carbohydrates and Physical Activity History - The genus Stevia consists of 240 species of plants native to South America, Central America, & Mexico, with several speci es found as far north as Arizona, New Mexico, & Texas. They were first researched by Spanish botanist & physician Petrus Jacobus Stevus (Pedro Jaime Esteve 1500–1556), from whose urname originates the Latinized word stevia. The consumption use of the sweet species S. rebauiana originated in South A...