Dioscorea composita (Barbasco)

Traditional uses

Mexico(Chinantec)

• Piscicide

Chemicals

Root

• SAPOGENINS — 40000 to 60000

Plant

• DIOSGENIN

Activities

1. Antifatigue — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
2. Antiinflammatory — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
3. Antistress — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
4. Estrogenic — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
5. Hepatoprotective — 1 compounds; toxic activity; DIOSGENIN
6. Hypocholesterolemic — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
7. Mastogenic — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN

Toxic compounds

• DIOSGENIN — Hepatoprotective; Plant