Ethnobiology and ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a plant from the peruvian highlands

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; DRUG METABOLITE; FINASTERIDE; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCARIA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SKIN PROTECTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84855180491     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/193496     Document Type: Review

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