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Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a Plant from the Peruvian Highlands.

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dc.contributor.author Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:34:34Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:34:34Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11014
dc.description.abstract 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. Since the 90s of the XX century, an increasing interest in products from maca has been observed in many parts of the world. In the last decade, exportation of maca from Peru has increased from 1,415,000 USD in 2001 to USD 6,170,000 USD in . Experimental scientific evidence showed that maca has nutritional, energizer, and fertility-enhancer properties, and it acts on sexual dysfunctions, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, memory and learning, and protects skin against ultraviolet radiation. Clinical trials showed efficacy of maca on sexual dysfunctions as well as increasing sperm count and motility. Maca is a plant with great potential as an adaptogen and appears to be promising as a nutraceutical in the prevention of several diseases. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Hindawi
dc.relation.ispartofseries Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject unclassified drug en_US
dc.subject review en_US
dc.subject placebo en_US
dc.subject learning en_US
dc.subject nutritional assessment en_US
dc.subject reproduction en_US
dc.subject drug safety en_US
dc.subject plant extract en_US
dc.subject spermatozoon count en_US
dc.subject spermatozoon motility en_US
dc.subject finasteride en_US
dc.subject Lepidium en_US
dc.subject Lepidium meyenii extract en_US
dc.subject prostate hypertrophy en_US
dc.subject drug synthesis en_US
dc.subject drug mechanism en_US
dc.subject drug activity en_US
dc.subject hormone blood level en_US
dc.subject ultraviolet radiation en_US
dc.subject Lepidium meyenii en_US
dc.subject antirheumatic agent en_US
dc.subject diet supplementation en_US
dc.subject drug metabolite en_US
dc.subject ethnopharmacology en_US
dc.subject glucosamine sulfate en_US
dc.subject memory en_US
dc.subject osteoarthritis en_US
dc.subject osteoporosis en_US
dc.subject sexual dysfunction en_US
dc.subject sexual function en_US
dc.subject skin protection en_US
dc.subject Uncaria guianensis extract en_US
dc.title Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a Plant from the Peruvian Highlands. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/193496
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.29
dc.relation.issn 1741-4288


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