Listing of Useful Plants of the World
NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.
The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.
Dioscorea hispida
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Common Name(s):
asiatic bitter yam syn intoxicating yam syn karukanduReferences
(Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to
www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]Nagata, K., G. L. Aistrup, et al. (1999). Modulation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by dioscorine in clonal rat phaeochlomocytoma (PC12) cells. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. July 64(3): 157-165. {a} Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305, Japan
Banaag, A. B., H. Honda, et al. (1998). Effects of non-alkaloid extracts from tropical yam, Dioscorea hispida against the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 33(3): 369-373. {a} Inst. Agriculture Forestry, Univ. Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
Banaag, A., H. Honda, et al. (1997). Effects of alkaloids from yam, Dioscorea hispida Schlussel, on feeding and development of larvae of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 32(1): 119-126. {a} Inst. Agric. Forestry, Univ. Tsukuba, Tsuku, Ibaraki 305, Japan
Rajyalakshmi, P. and P. Geervani (1994). Nutritive value of the foods cultivated and consumed by the tribals of South India. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition Dordrecht 46(1): 53-61. Dep. Foods Nutrition, Postgraduate Res. Centre, Andhra Pradesh Agric. University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
Leete, E. and R. H. Michelson (1989). The incorporation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid into the lactone ring of dioscorine in Dioscorea hispida. Phytochemistry 28(12): 3325-3330.
Leete, E. and R. H. Michelson (1988). Biosynthesis of dioscorine from trigonelline in Dioscorea hispida. Phytochemistry 27(12): 3793-3798.
Webster, J., W. Beck, et al. (1087). Toxicity and bitterness in Australian Dioscorea bulbifera and Dioscorea hispida from Thailand. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 32(5): 1087-1090.
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