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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 Objective. We sought to demonstrate that maca root may be an effective treatment for antidepressant‐induced sexual dysfunction (AISD) in women. Method. We conducted a 12‐week, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial of maca root (3.0 g/day) in 45 female outpatients (mean age of 41.5 ± 12.5 years) with SSRI/SNRI‐induced sexual dysfunction whose ...
Christina M. Dording +8 more
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Chemical Biology &Drug Design, Volume 104, Issue 3, September 2024.NMC‐4 was synthesized for the first time, overcoming the challenges of extracting and isolating natural macamide with low yield. NMC‐4's role in neuroinflammation, the HPA axis, and neurotrophic factor signaling pathways in alleviating depression was clarified. This study provides an experimental foundation for the refinement and development of natural
Yawen Chen +11 more
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Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a Plant from the Peruvian Highlands
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Lepidium meyenii (maca) is a Peruvian plant of the Brassicaceae family cultivated for more than 2000 years, which grows exclusively in the central Andes between 4000 and 4500 m altitude. Maca is used as a food supplement and also for its medicinal properties described traditionally.
Gustavo F. Gonzales +1 more
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Phytochemistry, 2020 Postharvest processing of maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp., Brassicaceae), a traditional high-altitude Andean root crop, involves slow field drying prior to milling into flour. The progressive tissue dehydration and release of hydrolytic enzymes and substrates from cellular compartments results in the slow accumulation of free monosaccharides, fatty acids ...
Esparza, Eliana +3 more
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Brazilian Archives of Biology and TechnologyMaceaene and macamide contents as well as antioxidant effect of petroleum ether extract of black maca (BM), yellow maca (YM), and purple maca (PM) on diabetes mellitus (DM) rats were investigated. The results showed that seven, six, and five analogues of
Congyang Qiu +4 more
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Pharmaceuticals, 2016 The plant maca, grown at 4000 m altitude in the Peruvian Central Andes, contains hypocotyls that have been used as food and in traditional medicine for centuries.
Carla Gonzales-Arimborgo +9 more
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The FASEB Journal, 2020 Inflammation is a vital component of the immune system response to injury and infection, and it is linked to autoinflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Toll‐like receptor 4 (TLR4) has been identified as a receptor for lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a bacterial endotoxin which can induce ...
Ana Lucia Gonzales-Urday +5 more
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Korean Journal of Food Preservation, 2021 Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.) has been used for nutritional and traditional purposes, owing to its chemical composition and the presence of bioactive compounds. This study aimed to develop and optimize a maceration-based method for the simultaneous extraction ...
Ji Young You +4 more
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Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters, 2020 This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the Ultrasonication-Assisted (UA) extraction on the functionality of the herbaceous biennial plant maca (Lepidium meyenii). The specific objectives include comparison of the antioxidant activities among various maca extracts, determination of the macamide B content of the extracts, and in vitro evaluation of ...
Enkhbolor Buyanbadrakh +4 more
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Phytomedicine PlusThe concept of chemical markers in herbal products was introduced to address the lack of standardisation, which is a major obstacle to their wider acceptance and use.
Isaac Kingsley Amponsah +6 more
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