1 Obligate aerobes: They have absolute requirement for oxygen in order to grow. 2  Psuedomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 3  Anaerobes: Usually can not grow in the presence of oxygen. 4  Obligate anaerobes: These bacteria grow only under condition of high reducing intensity and for which oxygen is toxic.
Wild yam is a plant. It contains a chemical, diosgenin, which can be made in the laboratory into various steroids, such as estrogen and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). The root and the bulb of the plant are used as a source of diosgenin, which is prepared as an âextract,â a liquid that contains concentrated diosgenin.
Uses and Pharmacology. 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.