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An Update on the Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Dioscorea oppositifolia

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2025.
Dioscorea oppositifolia L. (Cinnamon vine) contains bioactive compounds, such as diosgenin, demonstrating anticancer properties. Diosgenin inhibits JAK/STAT3 signaling, suppressing cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis. Additionally, it triggers mitochondrial apoptosis by activating Bax, promoting cytochrome C release and stimulating caspase‐9 ...
Ruchika Kumari, Ankita Thakur, Palak Thakur, Vipasha Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Upmanyu, Randeep Singh, Zainab M. Almarhoon, Daniela Calina, Javad Sharifi‐Rad, Ashun Chaudhary   +10 more
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Assessment of genetic relationships among Dioscorea spp. of Melghat Tiger Reserve Maharashtra of Central India by using RAPD and ITS sequences [PDF]

Journal of BioScience and Biotechnology, 2015
Order Dioscoreales belongs to Monocotyledons, but with many more characters such as reticulate venation pattern, nervation between primaries, twinning habit, ring vascular bundles, compounding of leaf, trimerous flowers, rhuminate endosperm, and lateral ...
PRASHANT A. GAWANDE, NEHA V. NIMBHORKAR, VISHAL P. DESHMUKH, PRASHANT V. THAKARE   +3 more
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On the Ancestral Compatibility of Two Phylogenetic Trees with Nested Taxa [PDF]

, 2005
Compatibility of phylogenetic trees is the most important concept underlying widely-used methods for assessing the agreement of different phylogenetic trees with overlapping taxa and combining them into common supertrees to reveal the tree of life.
Llabres, Merce, Rocha, Jairo, Rossello, Francesc, Valiente, Gabriel   +3 more
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Orphan crops of archaeology‐based crop history research

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 562-589, May 2025.
Agrobiodiversity is central to sustainable farming worldwide. Cultivation, conservation and reintroduction of diverse plant species, including ‘forgotten’ and ‘underutilized’ crops, contribute to global agrobiodiversity, living ecosystems and sustainable food production.
Daniel Fuks, Frijda Schmidt, Maite I. García‐Collado, Margot Besseiche, Neal Payne, Giovanna Bosi, Charlène Bouchaud, Elisabetta Castiglioni, Vladimir Dabrowski, Suembikya Frumin, Dorian Q. Fuller, Roman Hovsepyan, Sureshkumar Muthukumaran, Leonor Peña-Chocarro, Guillem Pérez Jordá, Jérôme Ros, Mauro Rottoli, Philippa Ryan, Robert Spengler, Chris J. Stevens, Soultana Maria Valamoti, Ehud Weiss, Michelle Alexander, Muriel Gros-Balthazard   +23 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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Ethnomedical Knowledge of Plants used by the Tribal people of Purandhar in Maharashtra, India [PDF]

, 2009
This study presents the results of a field survey of the plants used medically by the tribal people of Purandhar in Maharashtra, India. Tribes like Dhangars and Gowlis inhabit the dry deciduous forests of the region.
Aundhe, D. J., Bhosle, S. V., Ghule, V. P., Jagtap, S. D.   +3 more
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The biocultural heritage and changing role of indigenous yams in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 719-733, May 2025.
Global yam production is centred on West Africa, but there are significant knowledge gaps about farm‐level diversity across much of the region, and especially in Guinea. Although yam production is increasing in Guinea, in the longer term, varietal diversity and the sustainability of agri‐systems are at risk.
Nagnouma Condé, George Burton, Maimouna Touré, Benedetta Gori, Martin Cheek, Sékou Magassouba, Paul Wilkin, Charlotte Couch, Philippa Ryan   +8 more
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Phytochemical profiling of methanolic extract and petroleum ether soluble fraction of Nami (Dioscorea hispida Dennst.) leaves

PUP Journal of Science and Technology
Medicinal plants are essential in drug development since they serve as raw materials in the pharmaceutical industry. One such plant, Nami (Dioscorea hispida Dennst.), which belongs to the family Dioscoreaceae, is well known for its medicinal properties.
Adjale G. Wyson, John Daryl B. John Daryl B. Wyson   +1 more
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Diversity and Utilization of Dioscorea Spp. Tuber as Alternative Food Source in Nganjuk Regency, East Java [PDF]

, 2015
Dioscorea spp. is local tuberous food crop that has potential as alternative food source to support food security program in Indonesia. Exploration study and collecting mission subjected to Dioscorea spp. have been conducted in Nganjuk Regency. The study
Hapsari, L. (Lia), Trimanto, T. (Trimanto)   +1 more
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Review of larval food plant associations of the Agaristinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Australia

Austral Entomology, Volume 64, Issue 2, May 2025.
Abstract The Australian Agaristinae comprises a small group of predominantly diurnal moths with aposematic larvae and adults that are assumed to be unpalatable to most predators. A critical review of the larval food plants of this subfamily based on published records in the literature, together with unpublished records, is presented.
Michael F. Braby
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