Potential of Neglected and Underutilized Yams (Dioscorea spp.) for Improving Nutritional Security and Health Benefits

Nutritional, anti-nutritional and physico-functional properties of wild edible yam (Dioscorea spp.) tubers from Koraput, India

(2020) Bandana Padhan et al.   Food Bioscience

Simultaneous quantification of allantoin and steroidal saponins in yam (Dioscorea spp.) powders

(2019) Vincent Lebot et al.   Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Carotenoid profiling of yams: Clarity, comparisons and diversity

(2018) Elliott J. Price et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Evaluation of mineral bioavailability and heavy metal content in indigenous food plant wild yams (Dioscorea spp.) from Koraput, India

(2018) Bandana Padhan et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Characterizing genotypic variation in biochemical composition, anti-nutritional and mineral bioavailability of some Nigerian yam (Dioscorea spp.) land races

(2017) B. O. Otegbayo et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Metabolite profiling of yam (Dioscorea spp.) accessions for use in crop improvement programmes

(2017) Elliott J. Price et al.   Metabolomics

Dioscorea spp. (A Wild Edible Tuber): A Study on Its Ethnopharmacological Potential and Traditional Use by the Local People of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, India

(2017) Sanjeet Kumar et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Understanding the genetic diversity and population structure of yam (Dioscorea alata L.) using microsatellite markers

(2017) Gemma Arnau et al.   PLoS One

Characterizing diversity based on nutritional and bioactive compositions of yam germplasm ( Dioscorea spp.) commonly cultivated in China

(2016) Zhi-Gang Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD AND DRUG ANALYSIS

Characterization and Antihyperglycemic Activity of a Polysaccharide from Dioscorea opposita Thunb Roots

(2015) Yijun Fan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene origin of yams (Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae) in the Laurasian Palaearctic and their subsequent Oligocene-Miocene diversification

(2015) Juan Viruel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evolution and Phylogenetic Diversity of Yam Species (Dioscorea spp.): Implication for Conservation and Agricultural Practices

(2015) Marie Florence Sandrine Ngo Ngwe et al.   PLoS One

Comparative analysis of diosgenin in Dioscorea species and related medicinal plants by UPLC-DAD-MS

(2014) Tao Yi et al.   BMC BIOCHEMISTRY

Evaluation of functional properties of composite flours and sensorial attributes of composite flour biscuits

(2014) Suresh Chandra et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Chemical fingerprint analysis and quantitative determination of steroidal compounds fromDioscorea villosa,Dioscoreaspecies and dietary supplements using UHPLC-ELSD

(2013) Bharathi Avula et al.   BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY

Cholestane steroid glycosides from the rhizomes of Dioscorea villosa (wild yam)

(2013) Zulfiqar Ali et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Anti-cancer effects of dioscin on three kinds of human lung cancer cell lines through inducing DNA damage and activating mitochondrial signal pathway

(2013) Yongli Wei et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Physicochemical properties of flours and starches derived from traditional Indonesian tubers and roots

(2013) Aprianita Aprianita et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Phytochemical Analysis and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Medicinal Plants Gnidia glauca and Dioscorea bulbifera

(2013) Sougata Ghosh et al.   PLoS One

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Dioscorea bulbifera tuber extract and evaluation of its synergistic potential in combination with antimicrobial agents

(2012) Balu Chopade et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Changes in main nutrients and medicinal composition of Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita) tubers during storage

(2012) Zhidan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Structural characterization of steroidal saponins from Dioscorea species using UHPLC-QTOF-MS

(2012) B Avula et al.   PLANTA MEDICA

Phenolic compounds in Chinese purple yam and changes during vacuum frying

(2011) Zhongxiang Fang et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Antidiabetic activity of ethanolic extract of tubers of Dioscorea alata in alloxan induced diabetic rats

(2011) SP Dhanabal et al.   INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Extracts from the Bulbils ofDioscorea bulbiferaL. varsativa(Dioscoreaceae) in Mice and Rats

(2010) M. Mbiantcha et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Protective effects of allantoin against ovalbumin (OVA)-induced lung inflammation in a murine model of asthma

(2010) Mee-Young Lee et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

Decrease of Plasma Glucose by Allantoin, an Active Principle of Yam (Dioscorea spp.), in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

(2010) Chiang-Shan Niu et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Carotenoid profiling of tropical root crop chemotypes from Vanuatu, South Pacific

(2010) Antoine Champagne et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS

Characterization of steroidal saponins in crude extracts from Dioscorea zingiberensis C. H. Wright by ultra-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry

(2010) Jingbo Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS

Characterizing diversity in composition and pasting properties of tuber flour in yam germplasm (Dioscoreaspp.) from Southern Ethiopia

(2008) Muluneh Tamiru et al.   JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE