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Plant Lepidium meyenii (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Maca; Peruvian Ginseng
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antinephritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 12 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.