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The steroidal compounds are of considerable importance for the synthesis of various useful drugs. The world market of steroids can be estimated at 3-5 billions US$ for a total annual production of 200-300 t (Herbreteau-Lemonnier 1987). The raw material for the synthesis of steroid drugs is either the bile of domesticated animals or mainly diosgenin, a substance which is derived from the tubers of certain species of Dioscorea. For a long time, the wild sources of diosgenin depended upon the availability of Dioscorea, so that the natural sources have become depleted drastically, leading to a general shortage of diosgenin in the world market (Hazarika and Ganguly 1977).
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Sihachakr, D., Serraf, I., Chaput, M.H., Mussio, I., Rossignol, L., Ducreux, G. (1995). Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts of Solanum khasianum C.B. Clark and Solanum laciniatum Ait.. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering VI. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57840-3_12
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