Gracillin is a kind of steroidal saponin isolated and purified from the roots of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. and the root bark of wild yam Dioscorea nipponica with antitumor agent.

Pseudoprotodioscin，一种呋喃葡糖苷，抑制 SREBP1/2 和 microRNA 33a/b 水平，降低胆固醇和甘油三酯合成相关的基因表达。

Diosbulbin B, a natural product isolated and purified from the roots of Dioscorea bulbifera, has potential anti-tumor effects which may be related to influencing the immune system for the first time.

Protodioscin, a major steroidal saponin in dioscoreae rhizome, has been shown to exhibit multiple biological actions, such as anti-hyperlipidemia, anti-cancer, sexual effects and cardiovascular properties. Protodioscin is able to stimulate testosterone production and it also has an androgen-mimetic action, binding and activating the testosterone receptors.

Dioscin, a natural product isolated and purified from the rhizome of Dioscorea Zingiberensis C.H.Wright, is a potent ITGA5 inhibitor, showing potent anti-cancer effect against a variety of tumor cell lines.

8-Epidiosbulbin E acetate是从 Dioscorea bulbifera L. 中提取的一种富含呋喃型化合物，具有广谱的质粒消除活性，特别是对多重耐药菌的抑制作用。该化合物还能诱导小鼠肝损伤，适用于细菌耐药性和毒理学研究。

Daucosterol is a naturally occuring phytosterol-like compound, role as a plant metabolite. It is a steroid saponin, a beta-D-glucoside and a monosaccharide derivative.

Methyl protodioscin is a furostanol bisglycoside with antitumor properties and shows to reduce proliferation, cause cell cycle arrest. It inhibited proliferation and promoted apoptosis of pancreatic cancer.