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Common Names
Maca; Peruvian Ginseng
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | not available | 5450.0 | 1.57 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| M-HYDROXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| M-METHOXY-GLUCOTROPAEOLIN | 0 | Root | not available | 3600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MACAENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MACAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | not available | 8.0 | -0.45 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Root | not available | 2800.0 | 2.98 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | not available | 56.0 | 0.17 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | not available | 3.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-METHOXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-METHOXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-METHOXYBENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root | not available | 5.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-4-ENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Root | not available | 5530.0 | 2.37 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | not available | 1830.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Root | 500.0 | 1000.0 | 0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 20000.0 | 20500.0 | 0.35 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 2 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistress | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistroke | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 3 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antithyrotoxic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |