diosgenin
diosgenin noun: a steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.
Noun
diosgenin (countable and uncountable, plural diosgenins)
- A steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.
- Obtaining adequate quantities of hormonal substances for research was impossible, however, until the early 1940s, when Russell E. Marker (1902–95) found that he could extract diosgenin from a wild yam growing in Mexico […]1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 547
diosgenin meaning in Tamil
diosgenin in Tamil
- டையோஸ்ஜெனின்
Forms of diosgenin
| plural | diosgenins |
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Origin of diosgenin
From translingual Dios(corea) + genin, after German Diosgenin.
Questions about diosgenin
- What does diosgenin mean?
- Diosgenin means a steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.
- What is diosgenin in Tamil?
- Diosgenin in Tamil is டையோஸ்ஜெனின். See Diosgenin meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is diosgenin?
- Diosgenin is a noun.
- What is the plural of diosgenin?
- The plural of diosgenin is diosgenins.
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