- Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill, Duke University Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-8223-9196-8
- F. Dortort, Dioscorea, University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, Winter 2003 newsletter, Vol 28, No 1
- Shen, L., Xu, J., Luo, L. et al. Predicting the potential global distribution of diosgenin-contained Dioscorea species. Chin Med 13, 58 (2018)
- Russell Earl Marker, Science History Institute, online resource
- American Chemical Society International Historic Chemical Landmarks. The “Marker Degradation” and Creation of the Mexican Steroid Hormone Industry 1938-1945, online resource
- Diosgenin – overview, Science Direct, online resource
- M. Fleming, Dioscorea mexicana, Smithsonian Gardens online resource
See full list of Individual Species References.
Please also refer to the General Bibliography and Online Resources.