"Diosgenin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A spirostan found in DIOSCOREA and other plants. The 25S isomer is called yamogenin. Solasodine is a natural derivative formed by replacing the spiro-ring with a nitrogen, which can rearrange to SOLANINE.
| Descriptor ID |
D004144
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.515.500
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diosgenin" by people in Profiles.
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[Effects of dioscin on apoptosis in pancreatic cancer MiaPaCa-2 cells and its mechanism]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2014 Jan; 36(1):5-10.
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Paris saponin II of Rhizoma Paridis--a novel inducer of apoptosis in human ovarian cancer cells. Biosci Trends. 2012 Aug; 6(4):201-11.
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Inhibitors of sterol synthesis. Chemical synthesis, structure, and biological activities of (25R)-3 beta,26-dihydroxy-5 alpha-cholest-8(14)-en-15-one, a metabolite of 3 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-cholest-8(14)-en-15-one. J Lipid Res. 1989 Feb; 30(2):247-61.