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

Common Names
Maca; Peruvian Ginseng
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LYSINE 4 Root 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 *
M-METHOXY-GLUCOTROPAEOLIN 0 Root 3600.0 *
MACAENE 0 Root *
MACAMIDE 0 Root *
MALIC-ACID 15 Root *
MANGANESE 14 Root 8.0 -0.45 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
METHIONINE 15 Root 2800.0 2.98 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
NIACIN 39 Root 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 3.0 -0.70 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Root *
P-METHOXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Root *
P-METHOXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Seed *
P-METHOXYBENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Root Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root 5.0 -0.40 *
PENT-4-ENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Root *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Root 5530.0 2.37 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1830.0 -0.30 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Root 500.0 1000.0 0.24 *
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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hepatoprotective 5 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 5 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 *
Hypotensive 6 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.