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Dioscorea Capsules

by Genestra Brands · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 83196 12561 6
  • DSLD label 203194
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Dioscorea Capsules by Genestra Brands lists one ingredient: 500 mg of wild yam per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 28, 2019.

What is in Dioscorea Capsules?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Dioscorea Capsules: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 203194, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Wild Yam500 mgWild Yam in Dioscorea Capsules against 214 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 215 mg, the median 50 mg.500 mg

Higher than 85% of 214 products listing wild yam (median 50 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 203194 (entered May 28, 2019), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Recommended dose: Take 1 capsule daily with a meal or as recommended by your health professional.
Warnings
Warning: If you are pregnant or lactating, do not use.
If you have a bile duct obstruction, liver disease, or hormone sensitive conditions such as uterine, endometrial, breast or ovarian cancer, as well as endometriosis and uterine fibroids, do not use. If you have protein S deficiency, do not use, as wild yam may increase the risk of thrombosis.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Use only if safety seal is intact.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 203194.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Cellulose.

How many labels does Dioscorea Capsules have?

2 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2016: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 203194 (current) Entered May 28, 2019 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 8 83196 12561 6
  2. Label 56052 Entered January 25, 2016 · on the market · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 883196 12561

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Seroyal USA (distributor), Pittsburgh, PA. All Genestra Brands products.

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