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The Dioscorea genus (yam) — an appraisal of nutritional and therapeutic potentials

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  • The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these systems stabilized, some parts of the world still face enormous challenges. Yam (Dioscorea species) is an orphan crop, widely distributed globally; and has contributed enormously to food security especially in sub-Saharan Africa because of its role in providing nutritional benefits and income. Additionally, yam has non-nutritional components called bioactive compounds,The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these systems stabilized, some parts of the world still face enormous challenges. Yam (Dioscorea species) is an orphan crop, widely distributed globally; and has contributed enormously to food security especially in sub-Saharan Africa because of its role in providing nutritional benefits and income. Additionally, yam has non-nutritional components called bioactive compounds, which offer numerous health benefits ranging from prevention to treatment of degenerative diseases. Pharmaceutical application of diosgenin and dioscorin, among other compounds isolated from yam, has shown more prospects recently. Despite the benefits embedded in yam, reports on the nutritional and therapeutic potentials of yam have been fragmented and the diversity within the genus has led to much confusion. An overview of the nutritional and health importance of yam will harness the crop to meet its potential towards combating hunger and malnutrition, while improving global health. This review makes a conscious attempt to provide an overview regarding the nutritional, bioactive compositions and therapeutic potentials of yam diversity. Insights on how to increase its utilization for a greater impact are elucidated.show moreshow less

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Author: Jude E. Obidiegwu, Jessica B. Lyons, Cynthia A. Chilaka
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-213102
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie
Language:English
Parent Title (English):Foods
ISSN:2304-8158
Year of Completion:2020
Volume:9
Issue:9
Article Number:1304
Source:Foods (2020) 9:9, 1304. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9091304
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9091304
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Tag:Dioscorea; bioactive compounds; nutritional composition; therapeutic potential; yam
Release Date:2022/07/12
Date of first Publication:2020/09/16
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International