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词汇 diosgenin
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Definition of diosgenin in English:

diosgenin

noun dʌɪˈɒsdʒənɪndīˈäzjənin
mass nounChemistry
  • A steroid compound obtained from Mexican yams and used in the synthesis of steroid hormones.

    〔化〕薯蓣皂苷元

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Topical wild yam preparations, which contain diosgenin, and progesterone creams were tested.
    • Dioscorea species contain the steroidal sapogenin called diosgenin.
    • The naturally occurring plant sterol diosgenin from Mexican yams can be converted through a simple laboratory process called hydrolyzation into a steroid compound molecularly identical to human progesterone.
    • While one of the components in wild yam, diosgenin, can be converted in the laboratory to steroidal compounds including progesterone, this synthesis does not occur in the human body.
    • The tuber from the wing-stalked yam is a valuable source of diosgenin.

Origin

1930s: from dios- (from the modern Latin genus name Dioscorea) + genin, denoting steroids that occur as the non-sugar part of certain glycosides.

Definition of diosgenin in US English:

diosgenin

noundīˈäzjənin
Chemistry
  • A steroid compound obtained from Mexican yams and used in the synthesis of steroid hormones.

    〔化〕薯蓣皂苷元

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While one of the components in wild yam, diosgenin, can be converted in the laboratory to steroidal compounds including progesterone, this synthesis does not occur in the human body.
    • The tuber from the wing-stalked yam is a valuable source of diosgenin.
    • Topical wild yam preparations, which contain diosgenin, and progesterone creams were tested.
    • The naturally occurring plant sterol diosgenin from Mexican yams can be converted through a simple laboratory process called hydrolyzation into a steroid compound molecularly identical to human progesterone.
    • Dioscorea species contain the steroidal sapogenin called diosgenin.

Origin

1930s: from dios- (from the modern Latin genus name Dioscorea) + genin, denoting steroids that occur as the non-sugar part of certain glycosides.

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