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Genus Dioscorea

Known as: yams, yam plant, Dioscorea 
A plant genus best known for edible underground tubers. Yam may also refer to a moist variety of sweet potato, IPOMOEA BATATAS.
National Institutes of Health

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Dioscorea alataDioscorea oppositifoliaDioscorea polystachyaDioscorea villosa
IpomoeaIpomoea batatasMicrobiologicalTamus

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Evaluation of starches obtained from four Dioscorea species as binding agent in chloroquine phosphate tablet formulations.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Improving the ratio of monacolin K to citrinin production of Monascus purpureus NTU 568 under dioscorea medium through the mediation of pH value and ethanol addition.
Using dioscorea root as substrate of Monascus species was found to stimulate monacolin K (cholesterol-lowering agent) formation… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Dioscorea as the principal herb of Die-Huang-Wan, a widely used herbal mixture in China, for improvement of insulin resistance in fructose-rich chow-fed rats.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
ESI-QqTOF-MS/MS and APCI-IT-MS/MS analysis of steroid saponins from the rhizomes of Dioscorea panthaica.
Using high-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry along with an electrospray ionization source (ESI-QqTOF-MS… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
New starches from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)--Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.) cultivars.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Yam (Dioscorea ssp.) domestication by the Nago and Fon ethnic groups in Benin
Guinea yams (Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata complex; D. rotundata Poir. and D. cayenensis Lam.) have been described as resulting… 
1999
1999
Ploidy determination of some yam species (Dioscorea spp.) by flow cytometry and conventional chromosomes counting
Chromosomes counting and flow cytometry were used for assessing the ploidy level of various yam accessions of the INRA collection… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Proximate composition and biological activity of food plants gathered by chilean Amerindians
The proximate composition and biological activity of food plants and mushrooms gathered by Chilean Amerindians were assessed. The… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Cholesterol in Higher Plants
The presence of cholesterol in Solanum tuberosum and Dioscorea spiculiflora plants was demonstrated by gas-liquid chromatography… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
BIOSYNTHESIS OF STEROLS AND SAPOGENINS IN DIOSCOREA SPICULIFLORA.
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