Diosgenin, mainly produced by Dioscorea species, is a traditional precursor of most
hormonal drugs in the pharmaceutical industry. The mechanisms that underlie the origin and …

Diosgenin saponins isolated from Dioscorea species such as D. zingiberensis exhibit a
broad spectrum of pharmacological activities. Diosgenin, the aglycone of diosgenin …

Dioscorea zingiberensis is a perennial herb native to China. The rhizome of D. zingiberensis
has long been used as a traditional Chinese medicine to treat rheumatic arthritis. Dioscin is …

Diosgenin is a plant-derived secondary metabolite mainly present in the members of the
plant family Dioscoreaceae. It is a pharmaceutically important compound because of its anti …

In order to develop a clean and effective approach for producing the valuable drug
diosgenin from Dioscorea zingiberensis tubers, two successive processes, enzymatic …

Trigonella foenum-graecum L.(fenugreek) is a valuable resource of producing diosgenin
which serves as a substrate for synthesizing more than two hundred kinds of steroidal drugs …

Background Dioscorea is a genus of flowering plants, and some Dioscorea species are
known and used as a source for the steroidal sapogenin diosgenin. To screen potential …

Introduction Throughout history, thousands of medicinal and aromatic plants have been
widely utilised by people worldwide. Owing to them possessing of valuable compounds with …

The objective of the present study was to isolate, characterize, quantify and compare the
accumulation of bioactive secondary metabolite—diosgenin from in vitro cultured cells of …

Dioscorea contains critically important species which can be used as staple foods or
sources of bioactive substances, including Dioscorea nipponica, which has been used to …