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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Traditional diosgenin manufacturing process has led to serious environmental contamination and wastewater. Clean processes are needed that can alternate the diosgenin production. The β-glucosidase FBG1, cloned from Fusarium sp.
Wancang Liu +8 more
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Life, 2021 The Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.) is an underutilized orphan tuber crop. However, in China it has been used in traditional medicine and food for centuries due to the presence of high starch, protein, fiber, and biologically active compounds.
Xiaoxuan Zeng, Dahui Liu, Luqi Huang
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Biologia Plantarum, 2019 Diosgenin, mainly extracted from some Dioscorea species, is the most important starting material for the production of steroidal drugs. It is believed that diosgenin in Dioscorea is synthesized from isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl ...
Z. Cheng +4 more
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Elicitation of diosgenin production in Trigonella foenum-graecum (fenugreek) seedlings by methyl jasmonate [PDF]
, 2015 The effects of methyl jasmonate (MeJA), an elicitor of plant defense mechanisms, on the biosynthesis of diosgenin, a steroidal saponin, were investigated in six fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) varieties (Gujarat Methi-2, Kasuri-1, Kasuri-2, Pusa ...
A. Chaudhary +19 more
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Ethylene treatment improves diosgenin accumulation in in vitro cultures of Dioscorea zingiberensis via up-regulation of CAS and HMGR gene expression [PDF]
, 2013 Background: The perennial medicinal herb Dioscorea zingiberensis is a very important plant used for steroid drug manufacturing for its high level of diosgenin in rhizome. Although the stimulation of diosgenin accumulation by ethylene has been reported in
He, Ji +7 more
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Transcriptomic data reveals the dynamics of terpenoids biosynthetic pathway of fenugreek
, 2023 Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is one of the medicinal plants traditionally used in human nutrition and being used as medicine due to the presence of an active substance called diosgenin.
Sina Majidian +3 more
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Advances in the Biosynthesis and Molecular Evolution of Steroidal Saponins in Plants
, 2023 Steroidal saponins are an important type of plant-specific metabolite that are essential for plants’ responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Because of their extensive pharmacological activities, steroidal saponins are also important industrial ...
Huan Yang +4 more
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Natural Compounds Diosgenin and Panaxadiol Exhibit Anti-Cancer Activities, Potentially Through Targeting RORγ [PDF]
, 2023 My study explores the potential anticancer properties of primarily two natural small molecule compounds, diosgenin and panaxadiol, in relation to Retinoic Acid Receptor-related Orphan Receptor Gamma (RORγ)-mediated cancer pathways.
Sharma, Shreya
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A hairy-root transformation protocol for Trigonella foenum-graecum L. as a tool for metabolic engineering and specialised metabolite pathway elucidation [PDF]
, 2020 The development of genetic transformation methods is critical for enabling the thorough characterization of an organism and is a key step in exploiting any species as a platform for synthetic biology and metabolic engineering approaches.
Alain Goossens +15 more
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, 2021 Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), a pharmacologically important herb, is widely known for its antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, and anticancer effects. The medicinal properties of this herb are accredited to the presence of bioactive steroidal saponins ...
Yansheng Zhang (465719) +4 more
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