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An Update on the Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of <i>Dioscorea oppositifolia</i>. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
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 ...
Kumari R, Thakur A, Thakur P, Sharma V, Sharma R, Upmanyu S, Singh R, Almarhoon ZM, Calina D, Sharifi-Rad J, Chaudhary A.   +10 more
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Roots and Tuber Crops as Functional Foods: A Review on Phytochemical Constituents and Their Potential Health Benefits. [PDF]

Int J Food Sci, 2016
Starchy roots and tuber crops play a pivotal role in the human diet. There are number of roots and tubers which make an extensive biodiversity even within the same geographical location. Thus, they add variety to the diet in addition to offering numerous desirable nutritional and health benefits such as antioxidative, hypoglycemic, hypocholesterolemic,
Chandrasekara A, Josheph Kumar T.
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A COMPARISON OF SOME PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF DIOSCORINE AND DIOSCINE [PDF]

British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, 1958
The alkaloids, dioscorine and dioscine, both obtained from yams, have been compared in respect of their convulsant activity, toxicity, analeptic action, local anaesthetic activity, adrenaline potentiating action, antidiuretic effect, and anti‐acetylcholine activity.
J L, BROADBENT, H, SCHNIEDEN
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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 Nutr
Pretreatments 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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Elucidating the Anticancer Mechanisms of Tetrahydroxycurcumin: A Comprehensive Review of Preclinical Studies. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
Tetrahydroxycurcumin is an attractive multifunctional compound in cancer‐driven therapeutics. Its anticancer potential in modulating a wide range of oncogenic signaling networks, combined with its dual properties as an antioxidant and anti‐inflammatory agent, highlights its potential to become a transformative anticancer drug.
Shahbaz M, Momal U, Mohamed HM, Perween A, Naeem H, Imran M, Hussain M, Mohamed GA, Ibrahim SRM, Yehuala TF, Alsagaby SA, Al Abdulmonem W, Abdelgawad MA, Mostafa EM, Selim S.   +14 more
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Effects of yam dioscorin interventions on improvements of the metabolic syndrome in high-fat diet-induced obese rats. [PDF]

Bot Stud, 2015
Abstract Background The metabolic syndrome (MS) is termed a cluster of multiple metabolic risk criteria which is positively correlated with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Yam dioscorins have been reported to exhibit biological activities, however, little is known their preventive effects on ...
Shih SL, Lin YS, Lin SY, Hou WC.
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Profiling Anthocyanins in Thai Purple Yams (Dioscorea alata L.)

International Journal of Food Science, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 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 ...
Subin Srivichai, Parichat Hongsprabhas, Melvin Pascall   +2 more
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Dioscorea Phytocompounds Enhance Murine Splenocyte Proliferation Ex Vivo and Improve Regeneration of Bone Marrow Cells In Vivo

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
Specific cytokines have been tested clinically for immunotherapy of cancers; however, cytotoxicity has often impaired their usefulness. Consequently, alternative approaches are increasingly desirable. Dioscorea spp. tuber is a widely used traditional Chinese medicinal herb claimed to confer immunostimulatory activity.
Pei-Fen Su, Chin-Jin Li, Chih-Chien Hsu, Spencer Benson, Sheng-Yang Wang, Kandan Aravindaram, Sunney I. Chan, Shih-Hsiung Wu, Feng-Ling Yang, Wen-Ching Huang, Lie-Fen Shyur, Ning-Sun Yang   +11 more
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Rapid detection and identification of dioscorine compounds in Dioscorea hispida tuber plants by LC-ESI-MS [PDF]

BioResources, 2020
Studies have revealed that Dioscorea hispida tubers contain a poisonous substance called alkaloid dioscorine. The method for removing alkaloid dioscorine in Dioscorea hispida is explored in this research through a soaking process. The tubers were peeled, washed, sliced, and soaked for 5 days in either 1.0 M sodium chloride (NaCl) or distilled water ...
Kamaruddin, Z. H., Sapuan, S. M., Mohamed Yusoff, M. Z., Jumaidin, R.   +3 more
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Vasorelaxing and antihypertensive activities of synthesized peptides derived from computer-aided simulation of pepsin hydrolysis of yam dioscorin. [PDF]

Bot Stud, 2014
AbstractBackgroundWe reported that yam dioscorin and its peptic hydrolysates exhibited ACE inhibition and antihypertensive effects on SHRs, however, the active peptides are not really isolated until now. Using ACE inhibitory screenings, two penta-peptides, KTCGY and KRIHF, were selected forex vivoandin vivoexperiments.ResultsKTCGY, KRIHF, and captopril
Lin YS, Lu YL, Wang GJ, Liang HJ, Hou WC.   +4 more
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