... , lactation, or childhood.What is Diosgenin?Diosgenin, a steroid sapogenin, is the product of hydrolysis by acids, strong ... commercial synthesis of cortisone, pregnenolone, progesterone, and other steroid products.The glycoside dioscin from the Mexican wild yam root ... Dioscorea, constituted the first significant sapogenin plant source for steroid drugs. Hydrolysis of this saponin leads to scission of ...