Shan Shui in the World presents shanshui (山水, landscape) paintings of selected places in the world (Manhattan, New York in this first production) generated by a computational process based on geography-related information. This project revisits the ideas implicit in Chinese literati paintings of shan shui: the relationship between urban life and people’s yearning for the nature, and between soc...

The title compound, C(18)H(27)N(3)O, is a derivative of the anti-tuberculosis drug isoniazid (systematic name: pyridine-4-carbohydrazidei). The crystal structure consists of repeating C(4) chains along the b axis, formed by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds with adjacent amide functional groups that are related by a b-glide plane. The cyclo-dodecyl ring has the same approximately 'square' conformation, as s...

<p><strong>Background. </strong>“Camote de cerro” (<em>Dioscorea </em>spp.) is a plant of great importance in West rural areas Mexico as food source and alternative medicine. <em>Dioscorea</em> an important crop around the world for its carbohydrate contribution to diets. Yams are polyploid plants, species with modifications at ploidy level also present...

The rice fermented by Monascus, called red mold rice (RMR), and has a long tradition in East Asia as a dietary staple. Monascus-fermented dioscorea called red mold dioscorea (RMD) contains various metabolites to perform the ability of reducing oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory response. We used Wistar rats and induced diabetes by injecting streptozotocin (STZ, 65 mg/kg i.p.). RMD was admin...

INTRODUCTION Liver disease as a major cause of mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus. There is a interest to investigate the hypolipidemic properties of yam. The goal was assess the role of Brazilian yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) on serum and hepatic levels of triglycerides and cholesterol, in female diabetic rats. METHODS The rats were divided into three groups: Control (C), Diabetic (DM)...

The study investigated the functional properties of HQYF (high-quality yam flour) from tubers of four dioscorea species. The tubers were processed into HQYF using two pretreatments (potassium metabisulphite: 0.28%, 15 min; blanching: 70°C, 15 min) and drying methods (cabinet: 60°C, 48 h; sun drying: 3 days). Significant differences (P < 0.05) were observed in pasting characteristics of flours a...

BACKGROUND The rhizome of Oni-dokoro (a wild yam, Dioscorea tokoro) has extremely bitter taste and is not generally regarded edible;, however, in northern part of Japan, such as Iwate and a part of Aomori, it is used as health promoting food. To clarify the reason, we examined the biologically active compounds in the rhizome collected at Iwate and compared them from the other area in literature...

Cornus officinalis and Dioscorea opposita are two traditional Chinese medicines widely used in China for treating diabetes mellitus and its complications, such as diabetic cardiomyopathy. Morroniside (Mor) of Cornus officinalis and diosgenin (Dio) of Dioscorea opposita formed an innovative formula named M + D. The aims of the present study were to investigate myocardial protective effect of M +...