Predicting the potential global distribution of diosgenin-contained Dioscorea species

• Main Authors: Liang Shen (Author), Jiang Xu (Author), Lu Luo (Author), Haoyu Hu (Author), Xiangxiao Meng (Author), Xiwen Li (Author), Shilin Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Diosgenin, mainly extracted from wild diosgenin-contained Dioscorea species, is a well-known starting material of steroidal and contraceptive drugs. However, due to large market demand and increasingly ecological damage, wild Dioscorea species resources available have been gradua...