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School Gardens in Vanuatu—Promoting Local Traditional Knowledge and Agricultural Resilience

Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 13, Issue 2, July‐December 2026.
Short Abstract This paper analyses the contribution of school gardening to the re‐valorisation of Indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices and to decolonise education in Vanuatu. ABSTRACT This paper asks how and to what extent school gardening can contribute to the re‐valorisation of local knowledge and practices to decolonise the educational ...
Matthias Kowasch, Pierre Metsan, Adeline Mweleul, Helena Tischler   +3 more
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Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1223-1237, July 2026.
Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger, Raquel C. Pizzardo, Bruno Vilela, Thuane Bochorny, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +4 more
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Development of high‐resolution DNA barcodes for Dioscorea species discrimination and phylogenetic analysis

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The genus Dioscorea is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, and is economically important in terms of food supply and pharmaceutical applications.
Wei Xia, Bo Zhang, Dan Xing, Ying Li, Wenqiang Wu, Yong Xiao, Jinhua Sun, Yajing Dou, Wenqi Tang, Jinlan Zhang, Xiaolong Huang, Yun Xu, Jun Xie, Jihua Wang, Dongyi Huang   +14 more
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Yougui Pills Alleviate Osteoporosis by Inhibiting Mesenchymal Stem Cell ROS Accumulation via the Nrf2/HO‐1 Pathway

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Volume 30, Issue 14, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Osteoporosis (OP) is a prevalent skeletal disorder characterized by progressive bone mass loss and deteriorated microarchitecture, in which oxidative stress‐induced mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) dysfunction serves as a core pathogenic mechanism. Yougui Pills (YGPs), a classical traditional Chinese medicine formula, are widely applied in clinical
Jiangyuan Liu, Kairui Chen, Jingyuan Wen, Qinghe Zeng, Liangyan Cheng, Qinwen Ge, Jiali Chen, Wenhua Yuan, Pinger Wang, Luwei Xiao, Hongting Jin, Yungang Wu   +11 more
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Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background In Babitonga Bay, southern Brazil, records of yam consumption exist among shellmound builders from at least 4000 years ago. Shellmounds (sambaquis) are anthropogenic structures in the form of mounds with layers of shells associated with other ...
Dalzemira Anselmo da Silva Souza, Dione Rocha da Bandeira, Nivaldo Peroni   +2 more
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Identification and quantification of the steroidal sapogenin diosgenin by HPTLC in rhizomes with roots of Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky and Dioscorea nipponika Makino

Разработка и регистрация лекарственных средств
Introduction. The original article presents the results of an experimental study conducted using the method of high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) on plant samples – rhizomes with roots of Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky and Dioscorea nipponika
A. E. Sukhanov, V. V. Sepp, K. S. Bakulin, A. E. Krasheninnikov, S. V. Ubushaev   +4 more
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Dioscorea persimilis Prain et Burkill (Dioscoreaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Dioscorea persimilis belongs to Dioscorea genus, which is considered as one of the most popular food and traditional folk medicine in China. The complete chloroplast genome of D. persimilis was determined in this study.
Tianxu Cao, Qianglong Zhu, Xin Chen, Putao Wang, Nan Shan, Qionghong Zhou, Yingjin Huang   +6 more
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Nutrient and antinutrient composition of yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) products

Data in Brief, 2017
The data presented in this article are related to research article titled “Effects of processing methods on nutrient and antinutrient composition of yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) products” (Adepoju et al., 2016) [1].
Oladejo Thomas Adepoju, Oluwatosin Boyejo, Paulina Olufunke Adeniji   +2 more
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Micropropagação de Dioscorea multiflora Grised Micropropagation of Dioscorea multiflora Grised

Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2011
Dioscorea multiflora uma planta nativa do Sul do Brasil produz a diosgenina como metabólito secundário majoritário, uma substância potencialmente usada pela indústria farmacêutica para a produção de cortisona e substâncias com ação contraceptiva. Objetivou-se, neste trabalho otimizar o protocolo de micropropagação de D.
Souza, Ana Valéria de, Bertoni, Bianca Waléria, França, Suzelei de Castro, Pereira, Ana Maria Soares   +3 more
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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 Omolara Otegbayo, Abiola Rebecca Tanimola, Julien Ricci, Olivier Gibert   +3 more
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