Diosgenin: Recent Highlights on Pharmacology and Analytical Methodology

Diosgenin, a steroidal sapogenin, occurs abundantly in plants such as Dioscorea alata, Smilax China, and Trigonella foenum graecum. This bioactive phytochemical not only is used as an important starting material for the preparation of several steroidal drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, but has r...

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Main Authors: Mafalda Jesus, Ana P. J. Martins, Eugenia Gallardo, Samuel Silvestre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4156293