Role of Maca (Lepidium meyenii) Consumption on Serum Interleukin-6 Levels and Health Status in Populations Living in the Peruvian Central Andes over 4000 m of Altitude

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 347-351

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a   Gasco, Manuel ^a   Lozada Requena, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Chronic mountain sickness; IL 6; Lepidium meyenii consumption; Lower limb strength; Muscle strength; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII;

ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG; LEPIDIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT GROWTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPOCOTYL; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPIDIUM; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84888009352     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-013-0378-5     Document Type: Article

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