Plant Lepidium meyenii (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Maca; Peruvian Ginseng

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(1R,3S)-1-METHYL-TETRAHYDRO-BETA-CARBOLINE-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXY-INDOYL-3-METHYLGLUCOSINOLATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYLSULFINYLPENTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Root	not available	6310.0	1.41	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Root	not available	9940.0	-0.04	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	25.0	2860.0	0.99	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	not available	50000.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	not available	9170.0	-0.10	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
BENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ECDYSONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	2470.0	2500.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	590000.0	750000.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	not available	60.0	5.34	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	4	Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.