Abstract

The Conventional Primary Healthcare is used to treat the majority of the world’s population (70 percent) for a variety of diseases. The use of herbal medicines by the cosmeceutical, biopharmaceutical, and drug companies is gaining popularity all over the world. Dioscorea bulbifera is one of 600 species in the Dioscoreaceae family that have found use in traditional medicine across the world. It is also known as potato yam, air yam, aerial yam, cheeky yam, bitter yam, and parsnip yam. Dioscorea bulbifera have preventative and therapeutic capabilities against a variety of diseases such as cancer, arthritis, diabetes. The presence of bioactive compounds is responsible for the plant’s therapeutic potential. The present review highlights recent scientific advances on ethnomedicinal uses, pharmacology, toxicological, and the possible application of Dioscorea bulbifera in modern plant biology.

Keywords: Dioscorea bulbifera; Therapeutic; Ethnomedicinal and bioactive compounds