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Maca (Lepidium meyenii)

Full Name: Lepidium meyenii Walp.
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Brassicales
Family Name: Brassicaceae
Latin Binomial: Lepidium meyenii
Common Names: Maca and Peruvian-ginseng

Natural Product Information From GSRS

Lepidium meyenii

Resource	Identifier

= Induction
= Inhibition
= No overall effect

Experiments

ID	Subject of Study	Study Name	Name	Type	Overall Effect	Enzymes	Transporters	Object	Object Metabolite	Precipitant
NPDI-1hqI-w	Maca (Lepidium meyenii)	Maca root extract Nuclear Receptor Induction study - Ole Miss	Maca - In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Induction AHR Experiment - 3	In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Induction	negative — In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Non-induction	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)				maca extract
NPDI-5Mwgxw	Maca (Lepidium meyenii)	Maca root extract Nuclear Receptor Induction study - Ole Miss	Maca - In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Induction AHR Experiment - 2	In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Induction	negative — In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Non-induction	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)				maca extract
NPDI-1ubjMA	Maca (Lepidium meyenii)	Maca root extract Nuclear Receptor Induction study - Ole Miss	Maca - In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Induction AHR Experiment - 1	In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Induction	positive — In Vitro Nuclear Receptor Induction	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)				maca extract

ID	Subject of Study	Name
NPDI-KpNlwA	Maca (Lepidium meyenii)	Maca root extract Nuclear Receptor Induction study - Ole Miss