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Dioscorea spp.: Bioactive Compounds and Potential for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Metabolic Diseases

Molecules, 2023
Dioscorea spp. belongs to the Dioscoreaceae family, known as “yams”, and contains approximately 600 species with a wide distribution. It is a major food source for millions of people in tropical and subtropical regions.
Siyu TAO
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Thermal Properties and Dynamic Rheological Characterization of Dioscorea Starch Gels

Gels
Yam (Dioscorea. sp.) is an edible starchy tuber with potential for being a commercial source of starch for industrial purposes, but yam starch is underutilized. The dynamic oscillatory and thermal properties of yam starches from sixteen varieties each of
Bolanle Otegbayo
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Dioscorea spp.: Comprehensive Review of Antioxidant Properties and Their Relation to Phytochemicals and Health Benefits

Molecules, 2022
Dioscorea, consisting of over 600 species, is the most important genus in the Dioscoreaceae family; however, the practically used plants, which are commonly called yam, are restricted to a remarkably smaller number of species.
Petras Rimantas Venskutonis
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The Dioscorea Genus (Yam)—An Appraisal of Nutritional and Therapeutic Potentials

Foods, 2020
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 systems stabilized, some parts of the world still face enormous challenges ...
Jude E Obidiegwu, Jessica B Lyons, Cynthia Adaku Chilaka   +2 more
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Extraction and Characterization of Potential Biodegradable Materials Based on Dioscorea hispida Tubers

Polymers, 2021
This study was driven by the stringent environmental legislation concerning the consumption and utilization of eco-friendly materials. Within this context, this paper aimed to examine the characteristics of starch and fibres from the Dioscorea hispida ...
Zatil Hazrati Kamaruddin, Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff, Ridhwan Jumaidin   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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A pH-sensitive intelligent packaging film harnessing Dioscorea zingiberensis starch and anthocyanin for meat freshness monitoring.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023
Abundant starch was isolated from Dioscorea zingiberensis C.H. Wright, a novel and underutilized industrial crop resource. In this study, an intelligent packaging film able to indicate food freshness was developed and characterized. D.
Liwei Wang, Chengyu Yang, Xiao-li Deng, Jiangsong Peng, Jinwei Zhou, G. Xia, Cunshan Zhou, Yuping Shen, Huan Yang   +8 more
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Discrimination of Dioscorea species (Chinese yam) using FT-IR integrated with chemometric approach.

Spectrochimica Acta Part A - Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2023
Dioscorea oppositifolia is an important crop and functional food. D. oppositifolia tuber is often adulterated with D. persimilis, D. alata, and D. fordii tuber in the commercial market.
Jingying Chen, Baocai Liu, C. Ying, Zhang Wujun, Y. Zhao, YING-YAN Huang, W. Y. Tew, Peng Shun Ong, Chong Seng Yan, Hui Wei Loh, M. Yam   +10 more
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Variation in the Physical and Functional Properties of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Flour Produced by Different Processing Techniques

Foods, 2021
Research on the processing of yam (Dioscorea spp.) into flour is aimed at optimizing techniques to obtain a material with high physicochemical and functional properties. The present study investigates the effect of the processing techniques on the levels
Nurdi Setyawan, SUZUKIsakae, Yoshiharu Fujii   +2 more
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Preparation and characterization of oregano essential oil-loaded Dioscorea zingiberensis starch film with antioxidant and antibacterial activity and its application in chicken preservation.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022
In this study, abundant starch was separated from the industrial crop Dioscorea zingiberensis C.H. Wright (DZW), and a novel bioactive packaging film loaded with oregano essential oil (OEO) was prepared and characterized.
Yuping Shen, Jinwei Zhou, Chengyu Yang, Yufei Chen, Yaya Yang, Cunshan Zhou, Liwei Wang, G. Xia, Xiaojie Yu, Huan Yang   +9 more
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Effect of plasticizers on physical, thermal, and tensile properties of thermoplastic films based on Dioscorea hispida starch.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021
This study examines the effects of varying the concentrations of sorbitol (S) and glycerol (G) on the physical, morphological, thermal, and mechanical properties of Dioscorea hispida, starch-based films.
K. Z. Hazrati, S. M. Sapuan, M. Zuhri, R. Jumaidin   +3 more
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