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