Diosgenin, a phytosteroid sapogenin, is the product of hydrolysis by acids, strong bases, or enzymes of saponins, extracted from the tubers of Dioscorea...
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yellow yam, colic root, and rheumatism root. Dioscorea villosa contains diosgenin, which despite claims is not a phytoestrogen and does not interact with...
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sapogenin, diosgenin. It is a source of diosgenin, which is used to prepare synthetic hormones such as progesterone and cortisone. Diosgenin extracted...
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Marker degradation (section Route from diosgenin)
sapogenin called diosgenin which had previously been found in Japanese yams (Dioscorea tokoro). Marker showed that both sarsasapogenin and diosgenin could be...
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The Mexican barbasco trade was the trade of the diosgenin-rich yam species Dioscorea mexicana, Dioscorea floribunda and Dioscorea composita which emerged...
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nipponica, are a source for the extraction of diosgenin, a sapogenin steroid. The extracted diosgenin is used for the commercial synthesis of cortisone...
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Mexico. It contains a steroid called diosgenin that is taken from the plant and is converted into progesterone. Diosgenin and progesterone are also found in...
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cheaper and more convenient starting material, diosgenin from wild Mexican yams. His conversion of diosgenin into progesterone by a four-step process now...
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the tuber "Barbasco" (Dioscorea composita) which has a high content of diosgenin, revolutionizing the production of synthetic hormones in the 1950s and...
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Shirazi gave a detailed evaluation of the medical properties of chinaroot. Diosgenin, a steroidal sapogenin, is reported from S. menispermoidea. Other active...
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