Designing dioscorea genomes for improved nutritional and pharmaceutical properties

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeAccelerated Breedingen_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierRanjana Bhattacharjee: 0000-0002-5184-5930en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3627-2_60-1en_US
cg.identifier.iitathemeBIOTECH & PLANT BREEDINGen_US
cg.isbn978-981-19-4168-9en_US
cg.placeSingaporeen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaGenetic Innovationen_US
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMYen_US
cg.subject.iitaCLIMATE CHANGEen_US
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.iitaGENETIC IMPROVEMENTen_US
cg.subject.iitaPLANT PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.iitaYAMen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformNutrition, Health and Food Securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharjee, Ranjanaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-29T11:03:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-02-29T11:03:08Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/139758en_US
dc.titleDesigning dioscorea genomes for improved nutritional and pharmaceutical propertiesen_US
dcterms.abstractDioscorea species, commonly known as “Yams,” belong to family Dioscoreaceae consisting of about 600 species distributed from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean’s South America, and the South Pacific islands. The tuber of this genus is well known for their organoleptic properties, making them the most widely used food for carbohydrate, dietary supplements, and famine food. West Africa represents the region where yams are mostly consumed because of their underground and/or aerial tubers representing valuable sources of proteins, fats, and vitamins for millions of people. In addition to their nutritional properties, yams are the potential source of several bioactive compounds used in the treatment of many diseases, thus providing an opportunity for their use in pharmaceutical industries. However, the pharmaceutical properties of these bioactive compounds in yams need to be well researched and validated. Yams are known for the presence of secondary metabolites such as steroid saponin, allantoin, quinones, cyanidins, phenolics, and nitrogen-containing compounds as well as diosgenin representing different properties including antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, antimicrobial, inflammatory, antiproliferative, androgenic, estrogenic, and contraceptive properties. This chapter summarizes the available information on nutritional and pharmaceutical properties of yams through published manuscripts and provides recommendations for future research directions for better utilization of yam tubers in human health and nutrition.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2023-09-09en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBhattacharjee, R. (2023). Designing dioscorea genomes for improved nutritional and pharmaceutical properties. In C. Kole, Compendium of crop genome designing for nutraceuticals. Singapore: Springer, (p. 1589-1608).en_US
dcterms.extent1589-1608en_US
dcterms.issued2023-12-15en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectdioscoreaen_US
dcterms.subjectyamsen_US
dcterms.subjectnutritionen_US
dcterms.subjectpropertiesen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectfood productionen_US
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren_US

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