Structural Characterization and Antifatigue Effect In Vivo of Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp) Polysaccharide

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 757-764

  Tang, Weimin ^a   Jin, Lu ^a   Xie, Lianghua ^a   Huang, Juqing ^a   Wang, Nan ^a   Chu, Bingquan ^a   Dai, Xulin ^b   Liu, Yu ^c   Wang, Rui ^a,d   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tibet Hongfa Shengtao Food Co   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antifatigue effect in vivo; chemical structure; maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp); polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDURANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LEPIDIUM; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SWIMMING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATINE KINASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; LEPIDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SWIMMING;

EID: 85013650877     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.13619     Document Type: Article

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