High Rebaudioside-A Plant
AssigneeMorita Kagaku Kogyo Co.Ltd.
InventorsToyoshige Morita, Koji Morita, Koichiro Komai
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Abstract
A novel plant belonging to the Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni variety which contains at least 4 parts by weight or more of Rebaudioside A with respect to one part by weight of Stevioside, and allows a sweetener of a good quality to be easily produced from said plant or dried leaves thereof.
Claims9
A Stevia rebaudiana plant that contains at least an 11.3:1 weight ratio of Rebaudioside A to Stevioside and contains a 2000 bp band when analyzed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) using the primers of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 and SEQ ID NO:
- 2.
A plant or portion thereof that can be obtained from the seeds of International Patent Organism Depositary (IPOD) (Japan) (Receipt No. FERM BP-10353).
A method of producing a sweetener, comprising extracting a plant or portion thereof that can be obtained from the seeds of International Patent Organism Depositary (IPOD) (Japan) (Receipt No. FERM BP-10353) with a Rebaudioside A solvent, removing said Rebaudioside A solvent and leaving Rebaudioside-A.
The method of claim 8, wherein said Rebaudioside-A is at least 92% pure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.