Published November 30, 1956
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STEROID SAPOGENINS FROM INDIAN- DIOSCOREA PLANTS. PART II
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Eleven different species of Indian Dioscorea plants, other than those already described in Part I, have been examined for the presence of ct has been possible to isolate diosgenin in 3.35% yield from the yams of Dioscorea deltoiden by hydrolysis of the saponin. D. deltoiden is thus one of the richest source for this valuable steroid sapogenin.