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2. Diosgenin - Wikipedia

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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 wild yam species, such as the Kokoro. It is also present in smaller amounts in a number of other species.

3. Dioscorea villosa - Wikipedia

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   There is little modern clinical research on Dioscorea villosa, and the one study of a wild yam-containing cream for menopausal symptoms failed to find any value from this therapy. [18] According to the American Cancer Society, there is no evidence to support wild yam or diosgenin being either safe or effective in humans. [19]

4. Dioscorea dregeana - Wikipedia

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   Dioscorea dregeana, the wild yam, is a perennial creeper that is native to the eastern parts of southern Africa. [1] It is commonly used and traded as a traditional medicine, or muti . [ 1 ]

5. Yam (vegetable) - Wikipedia

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   Yam powder is available in the West from grocers specializing in African products, and may be used in a similar manner to instant mashed potato powder, although preparation is a little more difficult because of the tendency of the yam powder to form lumps. The powder is sprinkled onto a pan containing a small amount of boiling water and stirred ...

6. Dioscorea alata - Wikipedia

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   Dioscorea alata – also called ube (/ ˈ uː b ɛ,-b eɪ /), ubi, purple yam, or greater yam, among many other names – is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet - purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in color from cream to plain white.

7. Ming'oko - Wikipedia

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   Ming'oko are wild edible yams and are in Dioscorea hirtiflora species. According to some villagers in Mtwara rural areas, who are familiar with them, there are different wild tubers similar to Ming'oko but they are not edible according to those areas and people should not be confused while harvesting otherwise they could eat wild yam which are ...

8. Dioscorea japonica - Wikipedia

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   Jinenjo (自然薯, "wild yam") is another kind of Dioscorea japonica, which is native to fields and mountains in Japan. In Chinese, Dioscorea japonica is known as yě shānyào (野 山藥) which translates to English as "wild Chinese yam" or simply "wild yam". [citation needed] Another name is Rìběn shǔyù (日本 薯蕷; literally ...

9. Dioscorea - Wikipedia

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   [8] [irrelevant citation] Wild yams are an important crop, as they have been used to prevent menstrual cramps, stomach cramps, and general pain for centuries. During the 1950s 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 herbivores.