The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements
of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these …

Dioscorea bulbifera bulbils are used in the treatment of Piles, dysentery, syphilis, ulcers,
cough, leprosy, diabetes, asthma, and cancer. It is a raw material for contraceptives, and it is …

Asparagus racemosus (Family: Asparagaceae) and Dioscorea villosa (Family:
Dioscoreaceae) are two important medicinal plants used in various diseases. A. racemosus …

Like any other country in the tropical and subtropical regions, wild yams are considered an
important food by many indigenous peoples in the Philippines and other parts of Southeast …

The rate of world population growth gets faster every year, while on the other hand the land
available for food production activities is increasingly limited. Efforts to increase income and …

Dioscorea bulbifera L. is a widely distributed plant in the humid and sub-humid tropics. The
taxonomic treatment of this species is ambiguous due to its extreme polymorphic …

Phenanthrenes are bioactive phenolic compounds found in genus Dioscorea, in which they
are distributed more in peel than in flesh. Recent studies on phenanthrenes from Dioscorea …

The process of coagulation-flocculation using Dioscorea hispida starch as a natural
coagulant was investigated for the purification of textile effluent from several dyeing and …

Background In cancer cells, the balance between proliferation and apoptosis is disturbed.
There is a direct relationship between gene expression and the process of apoptosis. The …

Water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is an underutilized crop but plays a crucial role in food
security of small and marginal rural families. For centuries, local farmers have planned …