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
FAT	0	Root	16000.0	22000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	not available	85000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOALYSSIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICANAPIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOLIMNANTHIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINALBIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINOLATES	0	Root	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINOLATES	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTROPAEOLIN	0	Root	not available	17600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTROPAEOLIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	15650.0	0.04	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
GLYCINE	12	Root	not available	6830.0	3.05	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
HISTIDINE	7	Root	not available	4190.0	2.34	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
HYDROXYPROLINE	1	Root	not available	260.0	1.00	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
INDOYL-3-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Root	not available	5.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	not available	3250.0	-0.26	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
LEUCINE	2	Root	not available	9100.0	2.75	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	not available	7.0	-1.16	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigoiter	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.