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Recent Progress in Yam Storage Protein Dioscorin

GAO Qi, WANG Xiao-wen, JIA You-feng, ZHANG Jun-wei, YU Tang-ying, XUE You-lin   

  1. 1. College of Light Industry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China;
    2. Liaoning Administrative College, Shenyang 110161, China
  • Online:2014-06-15 Published:2014-07-03

Abstract:

As a traditional Chinese medicine and a common tuber crop, yam contains many nutritional and health-protective
substances, including starch, polysaccharides, phenolic compounds and proteins. Approximately 80% of the total soluble
proteins in yam tuber are dioscorins. In this paper, we review the recent progress in research on the extraction of dioscorins
from yam and the characteristics and multiple biological activities of these storage proteins, aiming to provide references for
further development and utilization of dioscorins from yam tubers.

Key words: yam storage proteins, Dioscorin, extraction technique, biological activity