The plants discussed in this review include Spondias mombin, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Elaeis guineensis, Irvingia gabonensis, Allium cepa, Blighia sapida, Dioscorea dumetorum, Psidium guajava ...

For qi deficiency, the dried root of Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. [Campanulaceae; Codonopsis radix] and the dried root of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. [Dioscoreaceae; Dioscoreae rhizoma] were ...

Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine Innovation and Transformation, State Key ...

Potential medicinal uses for wild yam include the treatment of menopause symptoms, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and muscular cramps. Wild yam is a plant that people have used for centuries in ...

Yams (Dioscorea) are a type of tuber vegetable that originated in Asia, Africa, and the Carribean (1). They’re often mistaken for sweet potatoes. However, yams are less sweet and more starchy.

Abstract: Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow is an herbaceous vine plant distributed in China, and its rhizome named Chinese yam is a famous traditional Chinese medicine for treating diabetes and other ...

Zhi et al. found that water-soluble polysaccharides with antioxidant activity isolated from roots of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. may be related to its low molecular weight (17). Therefore, to reveal and ...