Dioscorea communis

Ethnobotanical Studies

Güce district, north-eastern Turkey

Uses: rheumatism, osteoarthritis, eczema, anti-fungal

DOI:: 10.1016/j.pld.2022.03.005
PubMed:: 36540712

Marmilla Subregion, Sardinia, Italy

Uses: Urinary anti-inflammatory [37], diuretic, emetocathartic, hemolytic, vulnerary

DOI:: 10.3390/plants11223165
PubMed:: 36432894

Studies

Screening of Antimicrobial, Antibiofilm, and Cytotoxic Activities of Some Medicinal Plants from Balıkesir Province, Türkiye: Potential Effects of Allium paniculatum Flower.

Summary

Study tested antimicrobial effects of methanol extracts from medicinal plants in Balıkesir, Türkiye. Results show potential for new natural antibiotics against pathogens, aiding in drug development for infections.

Antimicrobial

Oyardı Ö et al (2024).; Turk J Pharm Sci.
DOI:: 10.4274/tjps.galenos.2023.88935
PubMed:: 38994879

Wild Edible Plants Used in Dalmatian Zagora (Croatia).

Ninčević Runjić T et al (2024).; Plants (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/plants13081079
PubMed:: 38674488

Genomic, spatial and morphometric data for discrimination of four species in the Mediterranean Tamus clade of yams (Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae).

Genetics

Campos M et al (2023).; Ann Bot.
DOI:: 10.1093/aob/mcad018
PubMed:: 36681900

Phenanthrene and dihydrophenanthrene derivatives from Dioscorea communis with anticholinesterase, and antioxidant activities.

Boudjada A et al (2019).; Nat Prod Res.
DOI:: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1468328
PubMed:: 29726710

A hundred years of change in wild vegetable use in southern Herzegovina.

Łuczaj Ł and Dolina K (2015).; J Ethnopharmacol.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.02.033
PubMed:: 25701756