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Dioscorea floribunda

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Internal ID UUID643ff75bf09b2644890839
Scientific name Dioscorea floribunda
Authority M.Martens & Galeotti
First published in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 391 (1842)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Dioscorea barclayi R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 43: 169 (1924)

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Language Common/alternative name
English yam
Azerbaijani Çoxçiçəkli dioskoreya

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000390665
USDA Plants DIFL5
Tropicos 11000020
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317970-1
The Plant List kew-240145
Open Tree Of Life 3969169
NCBI Taxonomy 1540009
IPNI 317970-1
iNaturalist 291129
GBIF 2755704
EPPO DIUFL
EOL 1121029
USDA GRIN 14206
Wikipedia Dioscorea_floribunda

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Somaclonal Variation—Advantage or Disadvantage in Micropropagation of the Medicinal Plants Duta-Cornescu G, Constantin N, Pojoga DM, Nicuta D, Simon-Gruita A Int J Mol Sci 03-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9821087
doi:10.3390/ijms24010838
PMID:36614275
Effect of Ethylene and Abscisic Acid on Steroid and Triterpenoid Synthesis in Calendula officinalis Hairy Roots and Saponin Release to the Culture Medium Markowski M, Alsoufi AS, Szakiel A, Długosz M Plants (Basel) 24-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8839607
doi:10.3390/plants11030303
PMID:35161284
Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Sterol 3-O-Glucosyltransferase Involved in Biosynthesis of Steroidal Saponins in Trigonella foenum-graecum Gao J, Xu Y, Hua C, Li C, Zhang Y Front Plant Sci 13-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8710529
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.809579
PMID:34966407
Studies on the Distribution of Phytosterols in Dioscorea Species Tubers P. G. Kadkade, C. Lujan, C. Rolz Walter de Gruyter GmbH 02-Aug-2018
doi:10.1515/ZNC-1983-5-628
Medicinal Plants from North and Central America and the Caribbean Considered Toxic for Humans: The Other Side of the Coin Alonso-Castro AJ, Domínguez F, Ruiz-Padilla AJ, Campos-Xolalpa N, Zapata-Morales JR, Carranza-Alvarez C, Maldonado-Miranda JJ Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 02-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5688365
doi:10.1155/2017/9439868
PMID:29234446
Genomic profile of the plants with pharmaceutical value Gantait S, Debnath S, Nasim Ali M 3 Biotech 18-Apr-2014
PMCID:PMC4235889
doi:10.1007/s13205-014-0218-9
PMID:28324311
A New Source of Elemol Rich Essential Oil and Existence of Multicellular Oil Glands in Leaves of the Dioscorea Species Odimegwu JI, Odukoya O, Yadav RK, Chanotiya CS, Ogbonnia S, Sangwan NS ScientificWorldJournal 23-Dec-2013
PMCID:PMC3884965
doi:10.1155/2013/943598
PMID:24453926
Effects of Polysaccharide Elicitors from Endophytic Fusarium oxysporium Dzf17 on Growth and Diosgenin Production in Cell Suspension Culture of Dioscorea zingiberensis Li P, Mou Y, Shan T, Xu J, Li Y, Lu S, Zhou L Molecules 26-Oct-2011
PMCID:PMC6264267
doi:10.3390/molecules16119003
PMID:22031064
An evaluation of a somaclone ofDioscorea floribunda Mart & Gall J. Sen, G. C. Mitra, A. K. Sharma Springer Science and Business Media LLC 03-Aug-2005
doi:10.1007/BF01958162
Diosgenin saponins from Dioscorea floribunda Georg-Alexander Hoyer, Wolfgang Sucrow, Dieter Winkler Elsevier BV 12-Feb-2003
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
Steroidal saponins from Dioscorea floribunda: Structures of floribundasaponins A and B Shashi B. Mahato, Niranjan P. Sahu, Amar N. Ganguly Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(81)84040-X
Production of Diosgenin in somatic callus tissues of Dioscorea floribunda. Chowdhury AR Planta Med 01-Jun-1983
doi:10.1055/S-2007-969894
PMID:17404958

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
1,2,8,8,15,21-Hexamethyl-19-oxahexacyclo[12.10.0.02,11.05,10.015,22.018,21]tetracos-11-ene-5-carboxylic acid 156963326 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC6C5(CO6)C)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C 454.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84040-X
Diosgenin 99474 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)O)C)C)C)OC1 414.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969894
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958162
methyl 4-[7,15-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)-4,10,13,14-tetramethyl-3,11-dioxo-2,5,6,7,12,15,16,17-octahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]pentanoate 137796302 Click to see CC(CCC(=O)OC)C1CC(C2(C1(CC(=O)C3=C2C(CC4C3(CCC(=O)C4(C)CO)C)O)C)C)O 490.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
Spirost-5-en-3-ol 234096 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)O)C)C)C)OC1 414.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969894
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958162
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Ergostane steroids / Ergosterols and derivatives
(3S,8S,9S,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 134766514 Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C 400.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNC-1983-5-628
5-Cholestene-3-ol, 24-methyl- 312822 Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C 400.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNC-1983-5-628
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroidal glycosides / Steroidal saponins
(25R)-3beta-(4-O-alpha-L-Rhamnopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)spirosta-5-ene 163035150 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 722.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(1S,2R,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12R,13R,16S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol 162909231 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 576.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(1R,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8S,9S,12S,13R,16S)-8-hydroxy-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol 101615585 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3(C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)O)C)OC1 738.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84040-X
(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(1S,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,16S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol 163190655 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 722.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(1S,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,16S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxy-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol 101097397 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)C)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 869.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-[(1S,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,16S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol 45267310 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 722.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2S)-4-[(1S,2S,4S,6R,7S,8R,9R,12S,13S,16R)-16-hydroxy-6-methoxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-6-yl]-2-methylbutoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 163035834 Click to see CC1C2C(CC3C2(CCC4C3CC=C5C4(CCC(C5)O)C)C)OC1(CCC(C)COC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)OC 608.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6-(8-hydroxy-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl)oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol 13932562 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3(C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)C)O)C)OC1 592.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84040-X
2-[4-(16-Hydroxy-6-methoxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-6-yl)-2-methylbutoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 163035833 Click to see CC1C2C(CC3C2(CCC4C3CC=C5C4(CCC(C5)O)C)C)OC1(CCC(C)COC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)OC 608.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
2-[4-Hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-(5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl)oxy-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol 271916 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)C)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 869.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
Collettiside I 12314556 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 576.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
Diosgenin tetraglycoside 328441 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)C)O)O)O)O)O)O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)C)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 1015.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
floribundasaponin A 70697751 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3(C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)C)O)C)OC1 592.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84040-X
Ophiopogonin C' 4483248 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 722.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)85125-9
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 86821 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNC-1983-5-628

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