specification:
product name:wild yam extract
botanical name:dioscorea batatas
appearance:beige color or white powder
cas no:90147-49-2
active ingredients:diosgenin≥6%~22% or 98%
application:
(1).applied in the food field, it has become a new raw material which used in food and beverage industry;
(2).applied in the health product field.
(3).applied in the pharmaceutical field.
function:
1. anti-fatigue, anti-inflammatory, anti-stress, hypocholesterolemic, and estrogenic effects.
2. antispasmodic, and could be helpful for nausea of pregnant women (morning sickness), spasmodic hiccough and asthma.
3. most women experience lack of progesterone, not estrogen. natural progesterone supplements are used to balance estrogen.
4. natural progesterone has a structure similar to that of human progesterone and is made form plant fats; one of such fats is diosgenin. it is rich in diosgenin, so it became the most popular source of natural progesterone.