≥1 piece |
Diosgenin or wild yam is often promoted as a “natural alterative” to estrogen therapy, so you will see it used for estrogen replacement therapy, vaginal dryness in older women, PMS (premenstrual syndrome), menstrual cramps, weak bones (osteoporosis), increasing energy and sexual drive in men and women, and breast enlargement. Wild yam does seem to have some estrogen-like activity, but it is not actually converted into estrogen in the body. It takes a laboratory to do that.
Other Names: Shan Yao, American Yam, Atlantic Yam, Barbasco, China Root, Chinese Yam, Colic Root, Devil's Bones, DHEA Naturelle, Dioscorea, Dioscoreae, Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea batatas, Dioscorea composita, Dioscorea floribunda, Dioscorea hirticaulis, Dioscorea japo...
Wild Yam Extract(diosgenine) |
|
Latin Name |
Dioscorea opposita thunb |
Active ingredient |
Diosgenine |
Assay |
6%, 16%, 20%, 90% 98% |
Testing Methord |
HPLC |
Plant Part used |
Tuber |
Appearance |
Beige white fine powder |
Odor |
Characteristic |
Extract Solvent |
Water & Alcohol |
Sieve analysis |
100% pass 80 mesh |
Loss on Drying |
≤5.0% |
Ash |
≤5.0% |
Bulk Density |
40-70g/100mL |
Heavy Metal |
<10ppm |
Pb |
<0.5ppm |
As |
<2ppm |
Hg |
<0.2ppm |
Cd |
<0.5ppm |
Residual Solvents |
Eur.Pharm. |
Microbiology |
|
Total Plate Count |
<1000cfu/g |
Yeast & Moulds |
<100cfu/g |
E.Coli |
Negative |
Salmonella |
Negative |