Biological Activities and Applications of Dioscorins, the Major Tuber Storage Proteins of Yam

Yam tubers, a common tuber crop and an important traditional Chinese medicine in Taiwan, have many bioactive substances, including phenolic compounds, mucilage polysaccharides, steroidal saponins and proteins. Among the total soluble proteins, 80% of them are dioscorins. In the past two decades, man...

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Main Authors: Yeh-Lin Lu, Cho-Yun Chia, Yen-Wenn Liu, Wen-Chi Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2225411016300694