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Extraction solvent polarity affects the antidiabetic activity of Dioscorea bulbifera L. (Dioscoreaceae) Tuber

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 2022
This study investigated the antidiabetic activities of different methanolic concentrations of D. bulbifera extract. The pulverized dried tubers of D.
I. Mbagwu, Maureen Mbanefo, U. Orji, Levi Onyebuchi Idokoja, D. Ajaghaku   +4 more
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Recent Progress on the Identification of Phenanthrene Derivatives in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Their Biological Activities

Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine, 2022
In recent years, traditional Chinese medicines and active natural ingredients have been increasingly recognized for their medication effect worldwide. Phenanthrene derivatives, one of the main active ingredients in many Chinese herbal medicines such as ...
Jingyi Li, Wentao Feng, Rongji Dai, Bo Li   +3 more
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Dioscorea dumetorum (Dioscoreaceae)

, 2022
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) constitute a staple food for over 300 million people in the humid and sub-humid tropics. About 650 species of Dioscorea are described and widely distributed. Dioscorea dumetorum is one of the highest nutrient values containing yam species commonly found in India. The tuber of D.
Kumar, Arvind, Mishra, Sweta, Kumar, Sanjeet   +2 more
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Typification and nomenclatural updating in Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) described and/or related to the collections made by Martín de Sessé and José Mariano Mociño

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2010
The collections of the family Dioscoreaceae filed in the Herbaria of the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (MA), Conservatory and Botanic Garden of Geneva (G) and from the Botanic Institute of Barcelona (BC), made by Martín de Sessé y Lacasta (1751-1808 ...
Oswaldo Téllez Valdés, Paloma Blanco Fernández de Caleya, Lourdes Rico Arce   +2 more
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Phytochemical Study and Anti-nutritional Factors in Stems of Dioscorea praehensilis Benth (Dioscoreaceae)

Journal of Botanical Research, 2021
The aim of this research was to find and assay phytochemical compounds and various biological macromolecules of the tender stems of Dioscorea praehensilis benth and evaluate their antioxidant activity and to compare the content of oxalates and ...
P. Ngelinkoto, André-Marie Kassia Lokassa, Bernadin Bulumuka, J. Maliani, Myriam Mukadi Ngondo, Ruth Luntadila Mbuli, J. B. Mukoko, F. Mukeba   +7 more
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Spermatophyta Molecular Clock: Time Drift and Recent Acceleration. [PDF]

Plant Environ Interact
Exponential increase in the base substitution rate in recent geologic time. ABSTRACT Angiospermae radiation is widely recognized as a mid‐Cretaceous event, but the adaptive radiation of Asarum and Viola as spring ephemerals also occurred during the Quaternary. To better understand the evolution of Angiospermae through geological time, a robust and well‐
Osozawa S.
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A preliminary phylogeny study and RAPD analysis of Sect. Macranthae Kunth. in Smilax L

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2001
Six species of Sect. Macranthae Kunth in Smilax L. and five affinitive species from Smilax. Dioscoreaceae and Liliaceae were analyzed by RAPD. Cluster analysis of the amplified data was conducted by using a variable-average method in the program DPS2000.
FU Cheng-xin, QIU Ying-xiong, KONG Hang-hui   +2 more
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Efficiency of RAPD, ISSR, AFLP and ISTR markers for the detection of polymorphisms and genetic relationships in camote de cerro (Dioscorea spp.)

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 2014
Background: At present, species known as camote de cerro (Dioscorea spp.) are found only in the wilderness in Mexico, but their populations are extremely depleted because they are indiscriminately collected, it is urgent to evaluate the conservation ...
Ana Paulina Velasco-Ramírez, Martha Isabel Torres-Morán, Sandy Molina-Moret, José de Jesús Sánchez-González, Fernando Santacruz-Ruvalcaba   +4 more
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From poison to food: On the molecular identity and indigenous peoples’ utilisation of poisonous “Lab-o” (Wild Yam, Dioscoreaceae) in Bukidnon, Philippines

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2021
Like any other country in the tropical and subtropical regions, wild yams are considered an important food by many indigenous peoples in the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia.
D. Buenavista, Nikko Manuel A. Dinopol, E. Mollee, M. McDonald   +3 more
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Comparative Assessment of Nutritional, Antioxidant and Phytochemical Properties of Wild Yams (Dioscorea spp.) Accessions in Peninsular Malaysia

Biology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are one of the important tuber crops for sustainability and food security in the world. However, Dioscorea spp. is considered an underutilized crop and is not heavily consumed, especially by local people in Malaysia, due to its ...
Mohd Zulkhairi Azid, Mohd Norfaizal Ghazalli, Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Kadir, Siti Aisyah Mohd Noor, Saidatul Aqilah Mohamad Yusof, Nur Daliana Yusof, Mohammad Raiehan Prayoga, Salmaniza Salleh   +7 more
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