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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Mutagenic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Mycobactericide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |