Dioscorea Deltoidea (Dioscorea bibliography 1931-1994)

DETAILS : 

• Author: S. Kant , B.K. Kapahi , Sarin Y.K. 
  
• Publisher: ‎ M/s Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh
  
• Publication date: ‎ 1 January 1998
  
• Edition: ‎ First Edition
  
• Language: ‎ English
  
• ISBN-10: ‎ 8121101522
  
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-8121101523
  
• Item Weight: ‎ 300 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

Dioscorea Deltoidea: Dioscorea Bibliography (1931-1994), co-authored by the accomplished botanical researchers Shashi Kant, B.K. Kapahi, and Y.K. Sarin, and published by Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, is an elite, highly specialized scientific reference volume and archival bibliography. This resource serves as a crucial literature map for economic botanists, pharmacologists, biochemical engineers, and researchers investigating the industrial and medicinal extraction of plant steroid precursors. The primary objective of this bibliographic masterwork is to systematically aggregate, catalogue, and preserve over six decades of global and regional scientific literature surrounding the genus Dioscorea, with an explicit botanical emphasis on Dioscorea deltoidea, a critically important medicinal plant native to the temperate regions of the Himalayas.

The book operates as a comprehensive information-retrieval directory, organizing dense historical and contemporary scientific data into a scannable and chronological academic guide. Rather than serving as a standard narrative textbook, this work provides a meticulous roadmap of research papers, field trials, and phytochemical analyses published between 1931 and 1994. Dioscorea deltoidea is highly prized as a primary source of diosgenin, a naturally occurring steroid sapogenin used as a foundational raw material for the industrial synthesis of oral contraceptives, progesterone, cortisone, and various anti-inflammatory corticosteroids. The authors curate literature that tracks the species from its initial wild collection protocols to advanced cultivation techniques, exploring the ecological threats of over-exploitation in fragile mountain biomes. By organizing this specialized bibliography, the text provides subsequent generations of plant taxonomists and pharmaceutical scientists with an immediate, baseline reference to trace the agronomy, cytogenetics, and extraction chemistry of this economic plant resource.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Prof. Shashi Kant, Dr. B.K. Kapahi, and Dr. Y.K. Sarin are highly regarded botanical experts and research scientists with a legacy of deep fieldwork in the Northwestern Himalayan region. Associated with premier academic institutions and national research networks, including regional frameworks in Jammu and Kashmir, their collective efforts have long centered on the documentation, economic evaluation, and conservation of threatened medicinal flora. Dr. Y.K. Sarin and his contemporaries have produced pioneering work on regional plant resources, essential oils, and wild-harvested raw drugs.

The authorial and editorial style of this team is defined by strict academic discipline, bibliographic precision, and thorough taxonomic accuracy. Recognizing the challenges faced by biochemical researchers in locating disparate, pre-digital research reports scattered across old colonial and post-independence scientific journals, they successfully consolidated decades of technical knowledge. Their collaborative documentation projects remain highly trusted foundational archives for organizations committed to economic botany and sustainable pharmacological research across South Asia.