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Definition of Diosgenin
1. Noun. (organic compound) A steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diosgenin
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Medical Definition of Diosgenin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Diosgenin
Literary usage of Diosgenin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... and digitalis whole leaf diosgenin diosgenin diosgenin Atropine, hyoscyamine,
scopolamine Eucalyptol (cineole), eucalyptus oil Rutin ..."
2. Tissue Culture: Plants : A Bibliography, January 1991-April 1993. by Henry Gilbert (1994)
"Twenty such embryo-clones were maintained in the field. Variations in rhizome
biomass yield and diosgenin contents of these embryo-clones were noted. ..."
3. Biotechnology: Commercialization and Economic Aspects: Bibliography, Jan by Kim Guenther (1996)
"The models were used to evaluate culturing regime optimality for Dioscorea
deltoidea IFR DM 0.5 cells (which produce diosgenin) in 5-liter and 50-liter ..."
4. Adventure Guide to Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2005)
"Cortisone is another, and so is diosgenin - the active agent in birth control
pills - which is derived from wild yams. Since time began, man has used plants ..."
5. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences Staff, National Academy Of Sciences (1980)
"You may also be interested to know that we import from our plantations and our
factory in Central America, Dioscorea root, process it into diosgenin, ..."
6. Adventure Guide to Yucatan, Cancun and Cozumel by Bruce Concord, June Concord (2003)
"Cortisone is another, and so is diosgenin, the active agent in birth control
pills, developed from Mexican and Guatemalan wild yams. ..."
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