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
PROLINE	0	Root	not available	50.0	-1.27	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PROSTAGLANDIN	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	102000.0	160000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	3.5	4.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SARCOSINE	0	Root	not available	70.0	not available	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
SERINE	1	Root	not available	5040.0	0.94	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
SINIGRIN	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	not available	190.0	-0.42	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	not available	2.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Root	not available	3310.0	-0.12	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Root	not available	490.0	-1.15	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
TYROSINE	8	Root	not available	3060.0	1.70	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
URIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Root	not available	7930.0	2.25	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
VIT-B-6	0	Root	not available	11.0	0.42	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
VIT-B2	11	Root	not available	4.0	not available	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
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	5	Martindale's 29th
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMS	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *