botanical record · discovered
Maca
Lepidium meyenii
Maca · Peruvian Ginseng · Jinsém-peruano · Maca-peruana · Macoa · Peruvian-ginseng · andienkrassi · maca · maka · peruvinė pipirnė · řeřicha peruánská · žerucha peruánska · μάκα · Клоповник Мейена · мака перуанская · マカ · 瑪卡 · 秘魯人參
At a glance
Origin / distribution: not documented
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: not documented
Science studied: ALANINE, ALKALOIDS, ALLYL-GLUCOSINOLATE, ARGININE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Brassicaceae
Scientific name: Lepidium meyenii
Common names: Maca, Peruvian Ginseng, Jinsém-peruano, Maca-peruana, Macoa, Peruvian-ginseng, andienkrassi, maca, maka, peruvinė pipirnė, řeřicha peruánská, žerucha peruánska, μάκα, Клоповник Мейена, мака перуанская, マカ, 瑪卡, 秘魯人參
History
Historical context is not documented in this record.
Origins and distribution
not documented in this record
Documented cultural uses
not documented in this record
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Lepidium meyenii (maca) attenuates titanium dioxide nanoparticle-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. · 2026 source ↗
- Dietary <i>Lepidium meyenii</i> Supplementation Is Associated with Hepatic Transcriptomic and Targeted DNA Methylation Changes in Pigs. · 2026 source ↗
- Effects of Maca (<i>Lepidium Meyenii</i>) on Sexual Health and libido-A Review. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALANINE
- ALKALOIDS
- ALLYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- ARGININE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- CALCIUM
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARBOHYDRATES
- COPPER
- BETA-ECDYSONE
- FAT
- FIBER
- GLUCOALYSSIN
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- GLUCOBRASSICANAPIN
- GLUCOBRASSICIN
- GLUCOLIMNANTHIN
- GLUCOSINALBIN
- GLUCOSINOLATES
- GLUCOTROPAEOLIN
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- HISTIDINE
- M-HYDROXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- P-HYDROXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- HYDROXYPROLINE
- INDOYL-3-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- IODINE
- IRON
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- LYSINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MACAENE
- MACAMIDE
- MALIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- METHIONINE
- P-METHOXYBENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- P-METHOXYBENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
- 4-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN
- M-METHOXY-GLUCOTROPAEOLIN
- 4-METHOXY-INDOYL-3-METHYLGLUCOSINOLATE
- 5-METHYLSULFINYLPENTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- (1R,3S)-1-METHYL-TETRAHYDRO-BETA-CARBOLINE-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PENT-4-ENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PROSTAGLANDIN
- PROTEIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SAPONINS
- SARCOSINE
- SERINE
- SINIGRIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- STIGMASTEROL
- TANNIN
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- URIDINE
- VALINE
- VIT-B2
- WATER
- VIT-B-6
- ZINC
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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