Synonym(s)
Yam Root
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Dried rootstock without roots of the yam plant.
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Saponins such as dioscin (see diosgenin), resinous disocorein and about 80% starch
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Extracts of yam root are used as expectorants and anti-rheumatic agents.
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- Burger A et al (1993) Hunnius Pharmaceutical Dictionary 7th Edition Walter de Gruyter Berlin-New York S. S432-433
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