The plants native to tropical climates and even southern Africa (5/8) are
considerable, which served as a matrix for the isolation and identification of natural
sweeteners. These compounds of plant origin have become essential in many fields. From
the agronomic industry to the pharmaceutical industry, their use is aimed at combating the
supply of glucose and additional calories to consumers who wage a fierce fight against
metabolic diseases. In this context, that vascular plants capable of harboring new
molecules with similar sweet principles are of interest to researchers. Indeed, these
molecules of global interest mainly belong to the terpene, flavonoid (phenolic) and protein
structural classes, but are mainly of protein nature (7/9) whose use would not promote an
increase in calories or blood sugar in the subjects who would use them. Therefore, this
review aims to understand the information regarding, the phytochemistry and the impact
of the use of these sweeteners on those affected by food conditions such as diabetes and
obesity. All with the aim of finding other sources of sweeteners in our Burkinabe
ecosystem, in order to provide local relief to the affected populations.

Sweetener, protein, glycaemia, calories, obesity