Wild Yam Extract Diosgenin 95%

Product Name: Diosgenin

CAS NO.512-04-9

Specification :20%,98%

Molecular Formula:  C27H42O3

Molecular weight: 414.63

Test Method: HPLC

Appearance: white powder

What is the Diosgenin  ?

Diosgenin, mainly found in the rhizome of Dioscorea peltata, is an important raw material for the production of anti-inflammatory drugs such as cortisone, fertility control compounds and anabolic drugs and other steroid hormone drugs in a semi-synthetic way, and also has an important medicinal value of its own, which is known as the "medicinal gold".

What is Diosgenin source ?

Diosgenin comes from the rhizomes of monocotyledonous herbaceous twining vine plants of the family Dioscoreaceae, such as yam, ginger, yellow yam, andrographis paniculata, etc. Diosgenin is an important raw material for the production of hydrocortisone, prednisone, kynurenine, skin laxative, and dexamethasone and other steroidal medicines. Diosgenin is a precursor for the synthesis of steroid hormone drugs, used in the synthesis of hydrocortisone, prednisone, norethindrone, skin light, dexamethasone and other types of steroid drugs.

Diosgenin and Humans :

1. Diosgenin is what's known as a phytosteroid or a plant-based steroid. It can be used to make steroids that humans need, especially progesterone, cortisone, pregnenolone, and DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone)

For this reason, wild yam is often used to make creams designed to help women with bad PMS or menopausal symptoms due to unbalanced hormones.

Although it's been used as part of natural estrogen therapy for centuries, there's confusion in scientific studies over how it works. The diosgenin in wild yam can be converted to hormones like estrogen and progesterone in a laboratory, but the human body cannot actually convert it into anything.

In spite of this, wild yam does have the potential to have an estrogen-like effect on the body. Many herbalists will recommend it for certain hormone-related health issues.

2. Because of its potential to have an estrogen-like effect on the body, wild yam can be beneficial for women going through menopause.Estrogen levels drop as women reach menopause. Low estrogen can be responsible for symptoms like vaginal dryness, hot flashes, mood swings, and decreased bone density.
3. Anti-tumor Diosgenin have proapoptotic and anti-cancer properties against various cancers in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, diosgenin can effectively inhibit the proliferation of various cancer cells, suppress inflammation and induce apoptosis.
4. Anti-thrombotic Among peripheral vascular diseases, thrombophilia is a common and frequent disease that endangers people’s health and affects their daily quality of life. NO is an important cellular messenger molecule in the body, which is closely related to platelet adhesion and inflammatory response. Diosgenin can inhibit.
5. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic Inflammation is a defense response of living tissues with a vascular system to tissue damage or invasion by pathogenic factors, and many chronic diseases are mediated by chronic inflammation, such as gout and joint pain. Studies have shown that diosgenin derivatives have anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity