Dioscorea composita, or barbasco, is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea, native to Mexico. It is notable for its role in the production of diosgenin...
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T.Ting Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin Dioscorea commutata R.Knuth Dioscorea comorensis R.Knuth Dioscorea composita Hemsl. Dioscorea contracta...
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mexicana at Syntex. Later the Mexican barbasco trade focused instead on Dioscorea composita instead, as this variety has a higher diosgenin content. "World Checklist...
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the trade of the diosgenin-rich yam species Dioscorea mexicana, Dioscorea floribunda and Dioscorea composita which emerged in Mexico in the 1950s as part...
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successful instance being the discovery in 1947 of the tuber "Barbasco" (Dioscorea composita) which has a high content of diosgenin, revolutionizing the production...
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evergreen. One of several inedible wild Mexican yam (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized. This page...
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and in extractable amounts from many species of Dioscorea – D. althaeoides, D. colletti, D. composita, D. floribunda, D. futschauensis, D. gracillima...
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successful instance being the discovery in 1947 of the tuber "Barbasco" (Dioscorea composita) which has a high content of diosgenin, revolutionizing the production...
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steroids from the Mexican yams called cabeza de negro (Dioscorea mexicana) and Barbasco (Dioscorea composita). The demand for barbasco by Syntex initiated the...
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starting material, the saponin from inedible Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) found in the rain forests of Veracruz near Orizaba. The...
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campechiana), xomil-xihuite (Gelsemium sempervirens), camotillo (Dioscorea composita), and cohombrillo (Ecballium elaterium). The second edition also...
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produce steroids in Mexico, near to the raw material (Mexican Dioscorea sp.; D. composita would come to be the preferred species), than to ship the tubers...
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Native leek Bulbine bulbosa native onion; poisonous Native lilac Melia composita not endemic Native lilac Prostanthera rotundifolia round-leaf mint bush...
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†Catenipora †Ceraurinus †Charactoceras – tentative report †Chirognathus †Composita †Composita ovata †Conocardium †Cordaites †Cornulites †Crania †Ctenacanthus †Ctenacanthus...
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