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

Common Names

Maca; Peruvian Ginseng

Download these results as:

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
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.

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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.