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.
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.
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.

单词	diosgenin
释义	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. 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. 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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