Recent Advances in the Pharmacological Activities of Dioscin

Table 1

Occurrence of dioscin in plants.

Family	Species	Plant parts	References
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea nipponica	Rhizomes	[7, 69]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea panthaica	Rhizomes	[6, 8]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea spongiosa	Rhizomes	[29]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea alata	Rhizomes	[70]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea bulbifera	Tubers	[17]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea cayenensis	Rhizomes	[5, 71, 72]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea zingiberensis	Rhizomes	[73, 74]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscoreae septemlobae	Rhizomes	[30]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea villosa	Roots	[18]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea mangenotiana	Tubers	[71]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea rotundata	Tubers	[71]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea villosa	Roots	[75, 76]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea pseudojaponica	Tubers	[77, 78]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea batatas	Rhizomes	[79, 80]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea parviflora	Rhizomes	[81]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea futschauensis	Rhizomes	[82]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea collettii	Rhizomes	[43, 44]
Dioscoreaceae	Dioscorea tokoro Makino	Rhizomes	[83]
Dioscoreaceae	Tamus communis	Rhizomes	[84, 85]
Liliaceae	Allium ampeloprasum	Bulbs	[86]
Liliaceae	Asparagus cochinchinensis	Roots	[87]
Liliaceae	Ophiopogon japonicus	Flowers	[88]
Liliaceae	Paris Chinensis	Unspecified	[89]
Liliaceae	Paris polyphylla	Rhizomes	[90, 91]
Liliaceae	Polygonatum sibiricum	Rhizomes	[19]
Liliaceae	Polygonatum Zanlanscianense Pamp	Roots	[50, 92, 93]
Liliaceae	Smilax bockii Warb	Roots	[94]
Liliaceae	Smilax china	Rhizomes	[95]
Liliaceae	Smilax excelsa	Rhizomes	[96, 97]
Liliaceae	Smilax menispermoidea	Rhizomes	[98]
Liliaceae	Trillium Tschonoskii Maxim	Rhizomes	[99]
Solanaceae	Solanum heteracanthum	Roots	[100]
Solanaceae	Solanum incanum	Roots	[100]
Solanaceae	Solanum indicum	Whole plant	[101]
Solanaceae	Solanum melongena L. Usukawamarunasu	Fruits	[16]
Solanaceae	Solanum rostratum	Aerial parts	[102]
Arecaceae	Borassus flabellifer	Male flowers	[103]
Convallariaceae	Smilacina atropurpurea	Rhizomes	[40]
Fabaceae	Trigonella foenum-graecum	Seeds	[104]
Zygophyllaceae	Tribulus terrestris	Arial parts	[96, 105]