Diosgenin Definition

dīəzjenin; dīäzjənin

noun

A steroid, C₂₇H₄₂O₃, found in yams and used to synthesize various hormones, as progesterone.

Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) A steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.

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