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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Bacteristat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 17 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 1 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Carcinogenic | 3 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Cardioprotective | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |