How To Use Dioscorea In A Sentence
- Pamphlet No. 33, 4 pp. MARTIN, F.W. (1969) The species of Dioscorea containing sapogenin. Chapter 5
- The classical example of this is the treatment, before eating, of yams (Dioscorea spp.) and keladis, taros, cocoyams (aroid yams of the genera Colocasia, Xanthosoma, Amorphophallus), tapioca, cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranz), and the so-called cabbages of palms. Chapter 19
- Marker had published various studies on diosgenin, a saponin isolated from a Mexican yam species of the genus Dioscorea, and had discovered how to synthesize the human hormone testosterone and progesterone from diosgenin. Did You Know? Birth control pills come from Mexican yams
- • Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) and cramp bark (Viburum opulus) can help regulate cycles and relieve menstrual cramps. Eliminate Suffering From PMS In 5 Simple Steps
- Any of several Mexican plants of the genus Dioscorea having a large, inedible root that yields an extract used as a raw material for synthetic steroid hormones.
- People who are sensitive to alstroemeria often have an allergic reaction to other plants, particularly the climbing plant bomarea; dioscorea hispida (intoxicating yam); erythronium EHow - Health How To's
- Studies on the developmental anatomy of rhizome in Dioscorea zingiberensis C. H. Wright have been done with the paraffin method.
- The classical example of this is the treatment, before eating, of yams (Dioscorea spp.) and keladis, taros, cocoyams (aroid yams of the genera Colocasia, Xanthosoma, Amorphophallus), tapioca, cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranz), and the so-called cabbages of palms. Chapter 19
- Day-length-the majority of Dioscorea spp. exhibit a photoperiodic response and although day-lengths greater than 12 hours favour the growth of the vine, tuber development is normally most satisfactory under short-day conditions (10-11 hours of daylight). Chapter 37
- Dioscorea species contain the steroidal sapogenin called diosgenin.
