Fenugreek also contains a compound
called diosgenin which helps new mothers to lactate, and according to some stories I've read, produce gallons after gallons of breast milk...
It is also rich in a compound called
diosgenin which has estrogen - like properties and steroidal saponins.
Fenugreek
contains diosgenin, a plant - based estrogen, which has been shown to increase milk flow in lactating women to help support breast milk production.
This herbal preparation provides a higher concentration
of diosgenin, allowing for better and faster absorption of wild yam's for soothing PMS symptoms and protecting liver function.
Researchers believe that Fenugreek may be effective at stimulating breast milk supply because of a phyto - estrogen known
as diosgenin, which acts like estrogen in a lactating mother's body.
For product information about Bio-Identical Phyto - Progesterone (
Diosgenin Plant Extract) click here
Diosgenin stimulates fat metabolism and increases bilis production, therefore improving cholesterol secretion and reducing the formation of triglycerides.
The herb is also rich in phytocompounds such as phytomenadione (a vitamin K derivative that aids coagulation), as well as alkaloids, aminoacids (such as lysine), and steroidal saponins,
mainly diosgenin, tigogenin, neotigogenin, and yamogenin.
Some companies are trying to
sell diosgenin, which they label «wild yam extract» as a medicine or supplement, claiming that the body will then convert it into hormones as needed.
The other human steroid hormones, including estrogen, testosterone, progesterone and the cortisones are also nearly always synthesized
from diosgenin.
The development of transdermal creams containing progesterone combined with plant extracts
containing diosgenin have proved to be a very effective alternative.
A: The USP progesterone used for hormone replacement comes from plant fats and oils, usually a substance
called diosgenin which is extracted from a very specific type of wild yam that grows in Mexico, or from soybeans.
Several species of the yam family (dioscoreaceae, also called barbasco in Central America) as well as soybeans, contain significant amounts
of diosgenin, a complex molecule which converts readily and inexpensively to pregnenolone and then into a «natural» progesterone which is essentially identical to the hormone produced in a woman's body.
Its anti-inflammatory saponins include asparanin A, sarsasapogenin, protodioscin, and
diosgenin,.
They extracted very valuable chemicals out of the root called
Diosgenin and Sarasapogenin.
It comes from the human placenta, or for health and safety reasons, it can be derived from sarasapogenin and
diosgenin or soybeans.
«The biggest difference between my phyto - progesterone (
Diosgenin) formulas and other phyto - progesterone cremes is that I refused to put Black Cohash and Dong quai into the formula.
It is important to be careful when selecting wild yam supplements, as the herb is ineffective unless the featured compound,
diosgenin, has been modified into an active form of progesterone.
Wild yam has been found to contain about 3.5 %
diosgenin, which is is used as a source in the synthesis of a sex hormone called progesterone, as well as for the production of cortisone and other steroids prescribed in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which benefit women with fertility problems, irregular menstrual cycles, and hormone deficiencies due to menopause and post-menopause.
It is traditionally consumed in herbal preparations and its active compound,
diosgenin, is also available in a variety of over-the-counter products and prescribed drugs for the treatment of hormonal imbalances and menopause.
Diosgenin has shown antioxidative and hypolipidemic effects, inhibiting the pancreatic enzymes that aid cholesterol absorption, as well as protecting the liver from oxidative damage.
They are extremely rich in Vitamin C, Niacin and
Diosgenin.
They are derived from
diosgenin, which is sourced from Mexican yams and are then compounded in a specialised pharmacy.
Fenugreek contains
diosgenin, which has properties similar to the female hormone, estrogen.
Both progestins and the «natural» progesterone derive from
diosgenin, but because a natural hormone can not be patented by a pharmaceutical company, an alteration of the molecule was required in order to secure patent rights... hence progestins.
Diosgenin has been shown to stimulate the body in the same way that estrogen normally prevents hot flashes in pre-menopausal women.
The diosgenin found in fenugreek also helps the body's ability to lessen the pains of menstrual cramps due to its estrogen - like properties.
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Diosgenin, 4 - Hydroxyisoleucine, and Fiber from Fenugreek: Mechanisms of Actions and Potential Effects on Metabolic Syndrome, 2015
In addition to being able to be synthesized from
Diosgenin, it is a component of smilax sieboldii.