Unravelling the genetic diversity of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions from Tanzania using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is among the most cultivated species used as a source of food and income for small-scale farmers in Tanzania. However, little is documented about Dioscorea species available in Tanzania, including their genetic diversity ...
Joseph Innocent Massawe +1 more
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Pre-Protection and Mechanism of Crude Extracts from Dioscorea alata L. on H2O2-Induced IPEC-J2 Cells Oxidative Damage [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The purple tubers of Dioscorea alata L. have been found to contain a variety of bioactive chemical components, including anthocyanins, which make it significant to investigate the pre-protective effects of Dioscorea alata L.
Yanhong Yun +7 more
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Comparative Study of the Physicochemical, Functional, Thermal, and Rheological Properties of Pretreated Flours From Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata [PDF]
Food Sci NutrPretreatments help improve flour quality. The increase in solubility and dispersibility is greater in D. rotundata. D. alata flours are more resistant to shear than D. rotundata flours. All flours degrade after 200°C. D. alata flours are more elastic while D. rotundata flours are more viscous.
Castillo P, Correa D, Zuñiga K.
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Metabolome and Transcriptome Reveal the Regulatory Mechanism of Anthocyanin Synthesis in Tuber Skin and Flesh of Dioscorea alata L. [PDF]
PlantsAnthocyanins can enhance the nutritional and market value of Dioscorea alata L. They are synthesized in a tissue-specific manner in the peel and flesh of tubers in some Dioscorea alata L.
Jingyu Sun +9 more
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Genetic control of flowering in greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.). [PDF]
BMC Plant Biol, 2021 AbstractBackgroundGreater yam (Dioscorea alataL.) is a major tropical and subtropical staple crop cultivated for its starchy tubers. Breeding of this dioecious species is hampered by its erratic flowering, yet little is currently known on the genetic determinism of its sexual reproduction.ResultHere we used a genome-wide association approach and ...
Cormier F +9 more
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Profiling Anthocyanins in Thai Purple Yams (Dioscorea alata L.). [PDF]
Int J Food Sci, 2020 Two accessions of Thai purple yam (Dioscorea alata) were investigated for their chemical constituents during tuber development when the vines were 3 to 8 months old. Yam tubers contained total phenolic compounds ranging between 100 and 385 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE), flavonoids 60–160 mg catechin equivalent (CE), monomeric anthocyanin of 10–90 mg ...
Srivichai S, Hongsprabhas P.
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Genome-Wide Association Studies for Sex Determination and Cross-Compatibility in Water Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) [PDF]
Plants, 2021 Yam (Dioscorea spp.) species are predominantly dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate individuals. Cross-pollination is, therefore, essential for gene flow among and within yam species to achieve breeding objectives.
Jean M. Mondo +4 more
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The Effect of Anthocyanins from Dioscorea alata L. on Antioxidant Properties of Perinatal Hainan Black Goats and Its Possible Mechanism in the Mammary Gland [PDF]
Animals, 2022 (1) Background: The mammary glands of the perinatal goats are susceptible to reactive oxygen species (ROS) leading to oxidative injury. Although Dioscorea alata L.
Yuanxin Zhang +4 more
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A Sequence-Independent Strategy for Amplification and Characterisation of Episomal Badnavirus Sequences Reveals Three Previously Uncharacterised Yam Badnaviruses [PDF]
Viruses, 2016 Yam (Dioscorea spp.) plants are potentially hosts to a diverse range of badnavirus species (genus Badnavirus, family Caulimoviridae), but their detection is complicated by the existence of integrated badnavirus sequences in some yam genomes.
Moritz Bömer +4 more
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The tuber extract and flour of Dioscorea alatanormalize the blood lipid profile of rabbits treated with high cholesterol diets [PDF]
Health Science Journal of Indonesia, 2014 AbstrakLatar belakang: Umbi Dioscorea alata (DA) memiliki potensi untuk mencegah kondisi hiperlipidemia karena mengandung senyawa bioaktif antosianin, serat pangan, dan diosgenin yang bermanfaat dalam menormalkan kadar lipida darah.
Nelis Imanningsih +4 more
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