MACA

Maca plant belongs to Brassicaceae such as broccoli, cabbage and radish, and has a tuberous root. With the declaration of The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that maca is a forgotten and disappearing plant, the fresh, dried, powder and organic forms of it take part in nutrition as a food supplement world-wide.

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is a plant of the Brassicaceae family that grows between 4,000 and 4,500 metres above sea level (m.a.s.l.) in the Peruvian Central Andes, particularly in Junin and Pasco. Maca grows in these places in the range of temperatures from a maximum of 12°C to a minimum of 1.5°C. This range of temperatures occurs in the Central Andes because of its proximity to the equator.

Antioxidant effects of plants used in daily nutrition are investigated, their bioactive contents are analyzed and its mechanisms are revealed. Recently, bioactive compounds with antioxidant effects have been found in many plants traditionally used. These plants cross their local region, cultivated in many parts of the world, and take place in markets as various supplement products.

Lepidium meyeniiWalp. (Maca) belonging to the Brassicaceae is a perennial herbaceous plant native to South America, it grows under low temperature and high altitude varying between 3700 and 4450 m. Maca, as a food source, possesses high nutritive value and is rich in starches, proteins, minerals and sugars.

Maca is known to be rich in macamides. The objective of this study was to analyse macamide profiles of macas with different colours cultivated in Yunnan, China, and commercial Peru maca by ultra-highperformance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry.

Maca (Lepidium meyenii), an annual or biennial plant of family of Brassicaceae, mainly grows in the Andes region of Peru where the altitude is between 3500 and 4500 m above sea level. This area is characterized by freezing temperature, intense sunlight, fierce winds, barren, androcky terrain.

Coccidiosis is an infectious disease by protozoa Eimeria and an important parasitic zoonotic disease. It induced severe losses of mortality, morbidity in the poultry industry. In addition, a lot of anti-coccidial medications to prevent Eimeria infection have revealed the decreased efficacy because some Eimeria species have developed resistance activity to anti-coccidials.

Cisplatin (cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum (II): CDDP) is actually one of the most widely used anticancer drugs, and the central role of this drug in human cancer chemotherapy aTTests to its current importance.

This review was aimed to critically analyze the therapeutic viability and anticancer efficacy of Eurycoma longifolia in the treatment of cancer and also to propose its molecular and translational mechanism of cytotoxicity against cancerous cells.

Maca (Lepidium meyenii), an Andean plant of the brassica (mustard) family has been used for centuries in the Andes as an adaptogenic plant to manage anemia, infertility and female hormone balance. The aim of this review was to assess the evidence for and against the effectiveness of the maca plant as a treatment for menopausal symptoms.

Aim: To observe the effect of the aqueous extract of hypocotyls of the plant Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on spermatogenic damage induced by the organophosphate insecticide malathion in mice.

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) grows exclusively between 4000 and 4500 m above sea level in the Peruvian central Andes. The hypocotyls of this plant are traditionally used in the Andean region for their supposed fertility-enhancing properties.

The aim of the present study is to determine the effect of acute and chronic oral administration of a purified extract from L. meyenii root on male rats sexual performances and spontaneous locomotion.

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is a Peruvian hypocotyl that grows exclusively between 4000 and 4500 m in the central Andes. Maca is traditionally employed in the Andean region for its supposed aphrodisiac and/or fertility-enhancing properties.

Objective: To examine the estrogenic and androgenic activity of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) and its effect on the hormonal profile and symptoms in postmenopausal women.

Objectives: To determine the effect of oral administration of a purified lipidic extract from Lepidium meyenii (MacaPure M-01 and M-02) on the number of complete intromissions and mating in normal mice, and on the latent period of erection (LPE) in rats with erectile dysfunction.

Rats were treated with 0, 8, 16 and 24 mg/kg of lead acetate (LA) (i.p.) for 35 days with or without Maca. Maca was co-administrated orally from day 18 to day 35. The lengths of stages of the seminiferous epithelium were assessed by transillumination.

The use of natural remedies for the treatment of sexual disorders is under current investigation. For generations people of the rural community in Peru have used Lepidium meyenii Walpers (Maca), because of their belief that it improves fertility and sexual desire.

This study was a 12-week double blind placebo-controlled, randomized, parallel trial in which active treatment with different doses of Maca Gelatinizada was compared with placebo. The study aimed to demonstrate if effect of Maca on subjective report of sexual desire was because of effect on mood or serum testosterone levels.

A polysaccharide (MP21) was extracted and purified from Lepidium meyenii Walp. using DEAE-52 and SephacrylTM S-500 columns. Its physicochemical properties and macrophage immunomodulatory activity were investigated in vitro. T

The effects of two Peruvian folk medicines, Lepidium meyenii Walp and Jatropha macrantha, on mouse sex steroid hormones and embryo implantation were investigated. Progesterone levels increased significantly in mice that received L. meyenii Walp, while testosterone levels increased significantly in mice that received L. meyenii Walp as well as in those that received both L. meyenii Walp and J. macrantha.

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is a Peruvian hypocotyl that grows exclusively between 4000 and 4500 m in the central Andes. Maca is traditionally employed in the Andean region for its supposed fertility-enhancing properties.

Objective: To investigate antiviral activity of maca to reduce viral load in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells infected with influenza type A and B viruses (Flu-A and Flu-B, respectively).

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is a cultivated root belonging to the brassica family used in the Andean region for its supposed aphrodisiac properties. We carried out a double-blind clinical trial on 50 Caucasian men affected by mild erectile dysfunction (ED), randomised to treatment with Maca dry extract, 2400 mg, or placebo.

Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a plant from the Andes of Peru. Maca is used as a food for its nutritional value and ethnomedicinal properties linked to fertility and vitality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of Maca. For all experiments an aqueous extract of Maca was used.

Water-soluble polysaccharides were separated from maca (Lepidium meyenii) aqueous extract (MAE). The crude polysaccharides were deproteinized by Sevag method. During the preparation process of maca polysaccharides, amylase and glucoamylase effectively removed starch in maca polysaccharides.

This work focused on the effect of maca on lipid, anti-oxidative, and glucose parameters in hereditary hypertriglyceridemic (HHTg) rat. Maca (1%) was administred to rats as a part of a high-sucrose diet (HSD) for 2 weeks. Rosiglitazone (0.02%) was used as a positive control.