dioscorea

Many women have told me that dioscorea has helped them feel better.

If these hormones are present, they must have been added to the dioscorea preparation.

Diosgenin and progesterone are found in other Dioscorea species as well.

Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea.

There are true yams (Dioscorea species) grown for food in tropical areas.

It is one of the most important cultivated yams, along with the Dioscorea cayenensis.

One study showed that the Dioscorea villosa contains 3.5% diosgenin.

The best-known member of the family is the Yam (Dioscorea).

The garden boasts an enormous specimen of Dioscorea elephantipes.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on garden beans, coffee berries, dead sugarcane and Dioscorea species.

The larvae feed on Dioscorea species.

Many other Dioscorea species of the yam family contain steroidal substances from which progesterone can be produced.

White Yam refers to at least two plants in the genus Dioscorea:

Food plants for this species include Alocasia, Amorphophallus, and Dioscorea.

Yams are of the genus Dioscorea.

The larvae are borers in Dioscorea japonica.

Today, it is the (yambean) legume family Fabaceae that has replaced Dioscorea sp.

The genus is now often included within the related genus Dioscorea, but is maintained as distinct by some authors.

For the Japanese yam, see Dioscorea opposita.

Antioxidant activity of dioscorea and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in older humans.

Dioscorea elephantipes (elephant's foot or Hottentot bread; syn.

Many of the Dioscorea species that originate from the yam family grow in countries that have tropical and subtropical climates.

Tamus (often included in Dioscorea)

Dioscorea oppositifolia (I)

There are many other 'Dioscorea' species of the yam family that contribute to the production of progesterone, but there is one new species found.