Erythritol: Truvia Sweetener Component May Also Be A Good Insecticide
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar, it is said, but most people want to avoid catching flies at all. A study has found that a popular non-nutritive sweetener, erythritol, the main component of the sweetener Truvia®, is toxic to Drosophila melanogaster flies in a dose-dependent manner and so may be an effective and human-safe insecticide. read more