Isolation and Identification of Steroidal Saponins in Taiwanese Yam Cultivar (Dioscorea pseudojaponica Yamamoto)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6438-6444

  Yang, Deng Jye ^a   Lu, Ting Jang ^a   Hwang, Lucy Sun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dioscorea pseudojaponica; Diosgenin; Furostanol glycoside; Spirostanol glycoside; Yam

Indexed keywords

DIOSCIN; GRACILLIN; METHYLPROTODIOSCIN; METHYLPROTOGRACILLIN; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; YAM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIOSCOREA; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOSTEROLS; SAPONINS; STEROLS; TAIWAN;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA PSEUDOJAPONICA;

EID: 0347624270     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf030390j     Document Type: Article

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