Maca: An Andean crop with multi-pharmacological functions

Food Research International

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 783-792

  Wang, Yali ^a,b   Wang, Yuchun ^a   McNeil, Brian ^c   Harvey, Linda M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition; Maca (Lepidium meyenii walp.); Pharmacological functions; Secondary metabolites; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FOOD PRODUCTS; MEDICINE; TOXICITY;

MACA (LEPIDIUM MEYENII WALP.); PHARMACOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

CROPS;

LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII;

EID: 34250877669     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2007.02.005     Document Type: Review

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