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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Dioscorea sp. (Dioscoreaceae)

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
ALUMINUM 5 Root 210.0 -0.20 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 194.0 -0.54 *
ASH 0 Root 35000.0 -0.93 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 19.0 -0.31 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 3060.0 -0.48 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 897000.0 0.86 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 26.0 4.62 *
COBALT 2 Root 147.0 2.65 *
DIOSCIN 6 Root *
DIOSCORIN 1 Root *
DIOSGENIN 7 Root *
FAT 0 Root 6000.0 -0.56 *
FIBER 15 Root 26000.0 -1.38 *
IRON 6 Root 315.0 0.02 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 3840.0 1.04 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1630.0 -0.50 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 64.0 0.22 *
NIACIN 39 Root *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1730.0 -0.31 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 5420.0 -0.76 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 (View) *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 (View) *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 (View) *
AntiCFS 3 (View) *
Anticheilitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 4 (View) *
Anticoeliac 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 (View) *
Anticolitic 2 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 2 (View) Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 4 (View) *
AntiCrohn's 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 (View) *
Antidandruff 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.