India (Kumaon region, western Himalayas): axillary tubers cut into pieces, steeped in water, and boiled prior to eating. Maharashtra State (Thane District): the Warli tribe eat the roasted roots.

Protective effect of Dioscorea zingiberensis ethanol extract on the disruption of blood-testes barrier in high-fat diet/streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice by upregulating ZO-1 and Nrf2. Studies to ...

Painting of dioscorea bulbifera (huangyaozi), in the meticulous (gongbi) style, in colour on silk, from Bencao tupu (Illustrated Herbal). The painted illustrations in Bencao tupu were jointly executed ...

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