Dioscorea spp.: Bioactive Compounds and Potential for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Metabolic Diseases [PDF]
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.
Zhen Wang +6 more
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Agrisost, 2023 Contexto: Las pérdidas de tubérculos de ñame durante la cosecha y su almacenamiento pueden ser significativas, sino existe un manejo adecuado de estas etapas.
Misterbino Borges García +2 more
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Occurrence of Yam Mosaic Virus and Yam Mild Mosaic Virus on Dioscorea spp. Germplasm Collection in Cuba—Epidemiology of Associated Diseases [PDF]
PlantsPotyvirus diseases are one of the main challenges facing the production of yam (Dioscorea spp.). The objective of this study was to identify the potyviruses present in the Dioscorea spp.
José Efraín González Ramírez +11 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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Morphological and molecular characterisation of Scutellonema species from yam (Dioscorea spp.) and a key to the species of the genus [PDF]
, 2017 The yam nematode, Scutellonema bradys, is a major threat to yam (Dioscorea spp.) production across yam-growing regions. In West Africa, this species cohabits with many morphologically similar congeners and, consequently, its accurate diagnosis is ...
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Dioscorea spp.: Comprehensive Review of Antioxidant Properties and Their Relation to Phytochemicals and Health Benefits [PDF]
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.
Aušra Adomėnienė +1 more
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Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineBackground 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 +2 more
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Bioactive Metabolites of Dioscorea Species and Their Potential Applications in Functional Food Development [PDF]
FoodsDioscorea species, known as “Yams”, belong to the Dioscoreaceae family. Members of the Dioscoreaceae family are widely distributed across subtropical and tropical regions.
Pengcheng Wang +9 more
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Variation in the Physical and Functional Properties of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Flour Produced by Different Processing Techniques [PDF]
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 +3 more
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A CRISPR/Cas9‐based genome‐editing system for yam (Dioscorea spp.) [PDF]
Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021 Zhengzhi Zhang +2 more
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