Diosgenin: An Updated Pharmacological Review and Therapeutic Perspectives

Figure 1

The biosynthetic pathways of diosgenin. Dioscorea zingiberensis, for diosgenin biosynthesis uses two P450 genes, DzinCYP94D144 and DzinCYP90G6, the orthologs of PpCYP94D108 and PpCYP90G4, which, from cholesterol, catalyze the formation of diosgenin.