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Por ejemplo, el ñame silvestre de México (Dioscorea spp.) era en su tiempo la fuente principal de la manufactura de esteroides; sin embargo, un pronunciado aumento del precio del producto mexicano en los años 70 llevó al desarrollo de varios métodos de síntesis de la molécula activa diosgenin, con lo que México perdió ese mercado.
For example, Mexican wild yams (Dioscorea spp.) were once the main source for the manufacture of steroids, but a sharp increase in the price of the Mexican product in the 1970s led to the development of several methods of synthesizing the active molecule diosgenin. Mexico accordingly lost this market.
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