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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    from a variety of steroidal sapogenins. Industrially useful sources are diosgenin in mexican yams and solasodine from certain nightshades. These two sapogenins...
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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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    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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    northeastern Mexico south to Panama. It is notable for its production of diosgenin, which is a precursor for the synthesis of hormones such as progesterone...
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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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    starting point for the semisynthesis of particular steroid hormones. Diosgenin and hecogenin are other examples of sapogenins. Roland Hardman, Ezekiel...
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    fever, smallpox and as a purgative. The crêpe ginger is also a source of diosgenin, a compound used for the commercial production of various steroids, such...
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    impurities by Dr. Chittiboyina's group suggested that it is synthesized from diosgenin. It acts as a partial agonist at androgen receptors and has been sold...
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    wild in Florida, can be poisonous. These varieties contain the steroid diosgenin, which is a principal material used in the manufacture of a number of...
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    limited to treating a range of medical ailments. Costus afer is high in diosgenin. Costus afer has a wide native distribution spanning North East Africa...
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  • root vegetable. It has been cultivated in China for the production of diosgenin, an important pharmaceutical intermediate for the synthesis of steroid...
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    such as progesterone; for example in Dioscorea wild yam the sapogenin diosgenin, in the form of its glycoside dioscin. The ginsenosides are triterpene...
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    scientists found that the roots of wild yams contained diosgenin which is a plant-based estrogen; diosgenin is hypothesized to aid in chemical defense against...
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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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    scale production of steroid hormones, it proved more convenient to use diosgenin (extracted from the Mexican yam Dioscorea mexicana) as the starting material...
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    medicinal uses. Rhizomes of Costus lucanusianus are higher in percent diosgenin than those of Cheilocostus speciosus. Costus lucanusianus is sometimes...
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  • hops ingredient on mice showed weak effects for high dosages.: 1346  Diosgenin, which is present in fenugreek and wild yam, affected maturation, but...
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  • steroidal saponins such as borassoside E and upon hydrolysis yield >2.5% diosgenin which is used for the preparation of steroidal and sex hormones (Shivam...
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    vanillic acid, salicylic acid, and nicotinic acid. From the flowers, diosgenin, β-sitosterol, and lanosterol have been isolated. Goji Gouqi jiu List...
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  • George Rosenkranz and Carl Djerassi went on to synthesize cortisone from diosgenin, the same phytosteroid contained in Mexican yams used to synthesize progesterone...
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    moist soil. Yam (vegetable) Dioscorea oppositifolia Dioscorea villosa Diosgenin List of ineffective cancer treatments Tremella fuciformis Citations "Chinese...
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    to south-central China and mainland Southeast Asia. Its tubers contain diosgenin and are harvested by local peoples as a treatment for a variety of conditions...
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  • Mexico to northern Central America. It is grown commercially for its diosgenin content. "Dioscorea floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti". Plants of the World...
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