Botanical Name
:
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
English
Name
:
Five-Leaf Yam
Synonym(s)
:
Dioscorea jacquemontii Hook. f.
Family
:
Dioscoreaceae
General Info
Description
A slender twining herb prickles at base and bulbils at leaf joint. Leaves trifoliate, glabrous below, leaf stalk long, tip blunt, oblique base. Flowers small, pale green. Fruit capsule, oblong having notch at both ends. Seed flat and winged.
Herb Effects
Antiinflammatory (50% EtOH rhizome extract).
Chemistry
Active Ingredients
Dioscorine (tuber); alanine, arginine, ascorbic acid, aspartic acid, beta-carotene, glutamic acid, glycine, histidiene, leucine, linoleic acid, lysine, methionine, niacin, oleic acid, palmitic aid, phenylalanine, riboflavin, stearic acid, thiamin, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine (root)
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients
Name
CAS#
IUPAC Name
Formula
Structure
Dioscorine 3329-91-7
Not Available C13 H19 NO2
Alanine 35597-43-4
2-[2-[2-amino-4-(hyd C11 H22 N3 O6 P
Arginine 7004-12-8
2-amino-5-guanidino- C6 H14 N4 O2
Ascorbic acid Not Available
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy C6 H8 O6
Aspartic acid 6899-03-2
2-aminobutanedioic C4 H7 NO4
beta-Carotene Not Available
3,7,12,16-tetramethy C40 H56
Glutamic acid Not Available
2-aminopentanedioic C5 H9 NO4
Glycine 87867-94-5
2-aminoacetic acid C2 H5 NO2
Histidine 6027-02-7
2-amino-3-(3H-imidaz C6 H9 N3 O2
Leucine 2439-37-4
2-dimethylamino-4-me C8 H17 NO2
Linoleic acid 8024-22-4
Octadeca-9,12-dienoi C18 H32 O2
Lysine 923-27-3
2,6-diaminohexanoic C6 H14 N2 O2
Methionine 348-67-4
2-amino-4-methylsulf C5 H11 NO2 S
Niacin 99148-57-9
pyridine-3-carboxyli C6 H5 NO2
Oleic acid 8046-01-3
octadec-9-enoic acid C18 H34 O2
Palmitic acid 66321-94-6
Hexadecanoic acid C16 H32 O2
Phenylalanine 3617-44-5
2-amino-3-phenyl-pro C9 H11 NO2
Riboflavin Not Available
Not Available C17 H21 N4 O9 P
Stearic acid 82497-27-6
Octadecanoic acid C18 H36 O2
Thiamin 59-43-8
2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met C12 H17 N4 OS+
Tryptophan 80206-30-0
2-amino-3-(1H-indol- C11 H12 N2 O2
Tyrosine 556-02-5
2-amino-3-(4-hydroxy C9 H11 NO3
Valine 7004-03-7
2-amino-3-methyl-but C5 H11 NO2
Pharmacology
Medicinal Use
In anasarca and dropsy (plant); rheumatism (tuber decoction). The tuber is used as an external application to disperse swellings, and also as a tonic. Its decoction is used externally to relieve rheumatism.
Contraindication
Do not use in cases of liver problems and urination difficulty due to urinary tract infection.
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