MeSH Review:
Dioscorea
- Functions involved in bacteriophage P2-induced host cell lysis and identification of a new tail gene. Ziermann, R., Bartlett, B., Calendar, R., Christie, G.E. J. Bacteriol. (1994)
- The first fatal case of yam bean and rotenone toxicity in Thailand. Narongchai, P., Narongchai, S., Thampituk, S. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet. (2005)
- Characterization of the yam tuber storage proteins from Dioscorea batatas exhibiting unique lectin activities. Gaidamashvili, M., Ohizumi, Y., Iijima, S., Takayama, T., Ogawa, T., Muramoto, K. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- The complete amino acid sequence of yam (Dioscorea japonica) chitinase. A newly identified acidic class I chitinase. Araki, T., Funatsu, J., Kuramoto, M., Konno, H., Torikata, T. J. Biol. Chem. (1992)
- The effect of bacterial endotoxin on synthesis of (Cu,Zn)superoxide dismutase in lungs of oxygen-exposed rats. Hass, M.A., Frank, L., Massaro, D. J. Biol. Chem. (1982)
- DNA polymorphism at the Pgi locus of a wild yam, Dioscorea tokoro. Terauchi, R., Terachi, T., Miyashita, N.T. Genetics (1997)
- Isolation and characterization of an intermediate steroid metabolite in diosgenin biosynthesis in suspension cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea cells. Tal, B., Tamir, I., Rokem, J.S., Goldberg, I. Biochem. J. (1984)
- Synthesis of diosgenyl alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)- [beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (gracillin) and related saponins. Li, C., Yu, B., Liu, M., Hui, Y. Carbohydr. Res. (1998)
- Protective effect of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) extract on the copper-driven fenton reaction and X-ray induced DNA damage in vitro. Wang, T.S., Liang, S.J., Lii, C.K., Liu, S.Y. Phytotherapy research : PTR. (2004)
- Plant chitinase as a possible biocontrol agent for use instead of chemical fungicides. Karasuda, S., Tanaka, S., Kajihara, H., Yamamoto, Y., Koga, D. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. (2003)
- Dioscorealides and dioscoreanone, novel cytotoxic naphthofuranoxepins, and 1,4-phenanthraquinone from Dioscorea membranacea Pierre. Itharat, A., Plubrukarn, A., Kongsaeree, P., Bui, T., Keawpradub, N., Houghton, P.J. Org. Lett. (2003)
- Dioscoretine: the hypoglycemic principle of Dioscorea dumetorum. Iwu, M.M., Okunji, C.O., Akah, P., Tempesta, M.S., Corley, D. Planta Med. (1990)
- Antineoplastic agents; I. Three spirostanol glycosides from rhizomes of Dioscorea collettii var. hypoglauca. Hu, K., Dong, A., Yao, X., Kobayashi, H., Iwasaki, S. Planta Med. (1996)
- Dioscorin isolated from Dioscorea alata activates TLR4-signaling pathways and induces cytokine expression in macrophages. Fu, S.L., Hsu, Y.H., Lee, P.Y., Hou, W.C., Hung, L.C., Lin, C.H., Chen, C.M., Huang, Y.J. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2006)
- Rapid isolation of promoter sequences by TAIL-PCR: the 5'-flanking regions of Pal and Pgi genes from yams (Dioscorea). Terauchi, R., Kahl, G. Mol. Gen. Genet. (2000)
- Yam (Dioscorea batatas) tuber mucilage exhibited antioxidant activities in vitro. Hou, W.C., Hsu, F.L., Lee, M.H. Planta Med. (2002)
- Demonstration of the heterogeneity of epitopes of the platelet-specific alloantigen, Baka. Take, H., Tomiyama, Y., Shibata, Y., Furubayashi, T., Honda, S., Mizutani, H., Nishiura, T., Tsubakio, T., Kurata, Y., Yonezawa, T. Br. J. Haematol. (1990)
- Antioxidant activity of dioscorea and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in older humans. Araghiniknam, M., Chung, S., Nelson-White, T., Eskelson, C., Watson, R.R. Life Sci. (1996)
- Dioscorin, the major tuber storage protein of yam (Dioscorea batatas decne) with carbonic anhydrase and trypsin inhibitor activities. Hou, W.C., Liu, J.S., Chen, H.J., Chen, T.E., Chang, C.F., Lin, Y.H. J. Agric. Food Chem. (1999)