Cushcush yam (Dioscorea trifida), also sold Stateside as mapuey, is native to Central and South America and widely cultivated in the Caribbean. The tubers grow in clusters, and each is ...

Twenty-four apparently healthy postmenopausal women were recruited to replace their staple food (rice for the most part) with 390 g of yam (Dioscorea alata) in two of three meals per day for 30 days ...

One study by (Chandrasekara and Kumar, 2016) explained that yams (Dioscorea) are a type of tuber vegetable that originated in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. About 95% of yams today are grown in ...

This Southeast Asian staple is having a moment in the sun. We reached out to Filipino food experts to learn more about ube and its newfound currency. It turns out that not every ube creation you see ...

Ah, the kamote, the sweet superfood we love as a snack, dessert and even main starch. But did you know that even if kamote in Filipino refers to both sweet potatoes and yams, those are two different ...

Specific types of yams include Dioscorea alata (Hawaiian yam), Dioscorea batatas (Korean yam) and Dioscorea esculenta (sweet yam). Protection against Cardiovascular Disease Yams are a good source of ...

∙ Background and Aims Dioscorea alata is a polyploid species with a ploidy level ranging from diploid (2n = 2x = 40) to tetraploid (2n = 4x = 80). Ploidy increase is correlated with better agronomic ...

Q: I am 52. At age 49, I began to have menopausal symptoms — irregular periods, hot flashes, night sweats, depression, dryness and fuzzy thinking. Somewhere I’d heard that yams could help support ...

Increasing the yield of important crops such as yam is crucial to ensure food security and livelihood. However, unpredictable rainfall and higher temperatures have contributed to reduced yam harvests.

When bisected or deeply cut by knife, yam tubers (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) undergo a process of wound repair which comprises: (a) an immediate migration of starch to the cut surface (within 5-10 h ...