Assertion: yam's diosgenin | /r/HasProperty | converted by human body
Facets:
value: into steroid hormones
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Much of the current herbal use of wild yam is predicated on the misconception that the diosgenin contained in the product can be converted by the human body into steroid hormones, particularly progesterone, through the intermediate dehydroepiandrosterone.