| Literature DB >> 31951246 |
Natália da Silva Leitão Peres1, Letícia Cabrera Parra Bortoluzzi1, Leila Larisa Medeiros Marques1, Maysa Formigoni2, Renata Hernandez Barros Fuchs3, Adriana Aparecida Droval4, Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso5.
Abstract
Peruvian maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a root native to the Andean region, cultivated for at least 2000 years. Maca is rich in fiber, a large number of essential amino acids, fatty acids, and other nutrients, including vitamin C, copper, iron, and calcium. Besides these essential nutrients, this root contains bioactive compounds responsible for benefits to the human body, which has caused a considerable increase in its consumption in the last 20 years worldwide. This review documents the Peruvian maca composition and the recent findings regarding the medicinal effects of this root in sexual dysfunction regulation, neuroprotective effects, action in memory enhancement, antidepressant, antioxidant, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory activities, and skin protection.Entities:
Year: 2020 PMID： 31951246 DOI： 10.1039/c9fo02732g
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Food Funct ISSN： 2042-6496 Impact factor: 5.396