Investigation of the tuber constituents of maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5621-5625

  Piacente, Sonia ^a   Carbone, Virginia ^b   Plaza, Alberto ^a   Zampelli, Aurelia ^a   Pizza, Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Glucosinolates; Lepidium meyenii; Maca; Methyltetrahydro carboline 3 carboxylic acid

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLTETRAHYDRO BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINO ACID; BENZYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSINOLATE; HEXANE; MALIC ACID; METHANOL; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; FERTILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCOSINOLATES; HEXANES; LEPIDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALATES; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; URIDINE;

BRASSICACEAE; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII;

EID: 0037174390     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020280x     Document Type: Article

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