Plant Dioscorea sp. (Dioscoreaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Wild Yam

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PROTEIN	0	Root	not available	61000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	not available	0.7	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	not available	36.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	not available	3.5	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Root	not available	19.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	690000.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	56.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypocholesterolemic	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	5	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge	1	Martindale's 28th
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Laxative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mastogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th