Dioscorea esculenta

Common Names: lesser yam

Ethnobotanical Studies

1.

Lambunao, Iloilo, Philippines

Uses: Shingles, Mumps, Ringworm

DOI:: 10.3389/fphar.2021.790567
PubMed:: 35082673

Studies

1.

Dioscorea esculenta Intake with Resistance Training Improves Muscle Quantity and Quality in Healthy Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Iemitsu K et al (2023).; Nutrients.
DOI:: 10.3390/nu15112438
PubMed:: 37299401

2.

The effect of Dioscorea esculenta powder on prostaglandin E(2) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 levels, menstrual pain, and premenstrual syndrome in young women: A randomized double-blind controlled trial.

Summary

Diosgenin intake (300 mg/day) for 4 weeks decreased PGE and COX-2 levels, improving PMS symptoms and menstrual pain in young women.

Pain

Sato K and Seto K (2022).; Nutr Health.
DOI:: 10.1177/02601060221130889
PubMed:: 36217795

3.

Effects of Selenium on Growth and Selenium Content Distribution of Virus-Free Sweet Potato Seedlings in Water Culture.

Chen H et al (2022).; Front Plant Sci.
DOI:: 10.3389/fpls.2022.965649
PubMed:: 35874011

4.

Effects of synbiotics preparations added to Pengging duck diets on egg production and egg quality and hematological traits.

Kismiati S et al (2022).; Vet World.
DOI:: 10.14202/vetworld.2022.878-884
PubMed:: 35698504

5.

Variation in the Physical and Functional Properties of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Flour Produced by Different Processing Techniques.

Setyawan N et al (2021).; Foods.
DOI:: 10.3390/foods10061341
PubMed:: 34200821

6.

Influence of freeze-drying and fresh cooking on starch morphology and physicochemical and thermal properties of various tropical tubers.

B J et al (2021).; Int J Biol Macromol.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.136
PubMed:: 34048837

7.

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill (Dioscoreaceae).

Genetics

Chen X et al (2020).; Mitochondrial DNA B Resour.
DOI:: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1832593
PubMed:: 33367107

8.

Effects of Dioscorea esculenta intake with resistance training on muscle hypertrophy and strength in sprint athletes.

Horii N et al (2020).; J Clin Biochem Nutr.
DOI:: 10.3164/jcbn.19-124
PubMed:: 33293777

9.

Rhizobium dioscoreae sp. nov., a plant growth-promoting bacterium isolated from yam (Dioscorea species).

Ouyabe M et al (2020).; Int J Syst Evol Microbiol.
DOI:: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004381
PubMed:: 32804605

10.

Novel steroidal saponins from Dioscorea esculenta (Togedokoro).

Lee HJ et al (2017).; Biosci Biotechnol Biochem.
DOI:: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1381016
PubMed:: 29027500

11.

Dioscorea esculenta-induced increase in muscle sex steroid hormones is associated with enhanced insulin sensitivity in a type 2 diabetes rat model.

Endocrinology

Sato K, Fujita S and Iemitsu M (2017).; FASEB J.
DOI:: 10.1096/fj.201600874R
PubMed:: 27871063

12.

Preparation and application of carboxymethyl yam (Dioscorea esculenta) starch.

Nattapulwat N, Purkkao N and Suwithayapan O (2009).; AAPS PharmSciTech.
DOI:: 10.1208/s12249-009-9194-5
PubMed:: 19238555

13.

Carbohydrate metabolism in Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burk. tubers and Curcuma longa L. rhizomes during two phases of dormancy.

Panneerselvam R et al (2007).; Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces.
PubMed:: 17531451

14.

[Sweet potato in pre-Columbian Polynesia--an overview].

Review

Uchibayashi M et al (2006).; Yakugaku Zasshi.
PubMed:: 17139158

15.

Peroxidase-polyphenol oxidase association in Dioscorea esculenta.

Okpuzor J and Omidiji O (1998).; Z Naturforsch C J Biosci.
PubMed:: 9933963