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Unit and internal chain profiles of maca amylopectin
Food Chemistry, 2018Unit chain length distributions of amylopectin and its φ, β-limit dextrins, which reflect amylopectin internal structure from three maca starches, were determined by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection after debranching, and the samples were compared with maize starch.
Ling, Zhang +3 more
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Andrologia, 2002
Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is traditionally employed in the Andean region for its supposed properties in improving fertility. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of subacute oral administration of hexanic, methanolic and chloroformic extracts of Maca root on sexual performance in inexperienced male rats.
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Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is traditionally employed in the Andean region for its supposed properties in improving fertility. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of subacute oral administration of hexanic, methanolic and chloroformic extracts of Maca root on sexual performance in inexperienced male rats.
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Neuroprotective effects of Lepidium meyenii (Maca)
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2010The neuroprotective activity of the plant Lepidium meyenii (Maca) was studied in two experimental models: in vitro and in vivo. Crayfish neurons were pretreated with vehicle or the pentane extract from Maca, subjected to H2O2, and their viability determined microscopically and chemically.
Alejandro, Pino-Figueroa +2 more
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Maca: An Andean crop with multi-pharmacological functions
Food Research International, 2007Maca (Lepidium meyenii walp.), a biennial herbaceous plant of the family Brassicae, which is cultivated mainly in the central Andes of Peru, has been used as both a food and a traditional medicine in the region for over 2000 years. The subterranean parts of the plant have long been used as a staple foodstuff by indigenous peoples in the Andean region ...
Wang, Yali +3 more
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Maca Culture of the Junín Plateau
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2004Josef, Brinckmann, Ed, Smith
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