Antioxidants in Maca (Lepidium meyenii) as a Supplement in Nutrition

Korkmaz, Serol

doi:10.5772/intechopen.75582

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“…Plants have been used for therapeutic purposes since prehistoric times. In the structure of each plant, there are many important bioactive compounds such as alkaloids, flavenoids, glycosides, mucilages, saponins, tannins, and phenol, phenolic acids, coumarin, terpenes, essential oils, lectins and polypeptides [1]. These chemical compounds in plants show antiviral and antibacterial effects in other living things that consume plants and cause many effects that strengthen the immune system.…”

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Influences of Dietary Supplementation with Maca (Lepidium meyenii) on Performance, Parameters of Growth Curve and Carcass Characteristics in Japanese Quail

Turgud

Narinç

2022

Animals

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Maca plant contains rich nutrients and in addition, it has various bioactive substances (N-benzyl-palmitamide, benzyl isothiocyanate, glucosinolates and phenolics). It is used to improve reproductive properties and has antioxidant effects for both humans and animals. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of adding maca plant powder to the ration at different levels on growth, slaughter carcass, partial egg production and some reproductive characteristics in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). The experimental groups were formed by adding 0% (control), 0.05% and 0.1% maca powder to the diet, and a total of 300 birds were used. Growth (weekly body weights, parameters of Gompertz growth function), feed efficiency and carcass characteristics of quails in the 42-day fattening trial were determined. Reproductive characteristics were measured up to 22 weeks of age. Addition of maca powder to the diet increased the feed consumption (p < 0.05) but did not affect body weights at 35 and 42 days of age, β0 and β1 parameters or point of inflection weight of the Gompertz model, carcass traits, partial egg production or fertility. It may be advisable to add 0.1% maca powder to the diets of breeders. Besides, maca powder reduced embryonic deaths and improved chick quality (both p < 0.05). It is thought that different results for reproductive traits can be obtained if maca powder is used for a longer period in the diets of breeder quail flocks.

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Influences of Dietary Supplementation with Maca (Lepidium meyenii) on Performance, Parameters of Growth Curve and Carcass Characteristics in Japanese Quail

Turgud

Narinç

2022

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“…It contains dietary fiber in a range of 15.6 to 26% [7]. Further, a wide variety of potential functional molecules included glucosinolates, functional polysaccharides, alkamides [3,8], and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds have been reported [9].…”

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Techno-Functional Properties of New Andean Ingredients: Maca (Lepidium meyenii) and Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus)

Alarcón-García

Pérez‐Álvarez

Vargas

et al. 2020

The 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods

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The use of flours derived from Andean products could be an alternative flour. Molecules with a potential beneficial effect on human health have been reported in maca (Lepidium meyenii) (dietary fibre, Mg, Ca, K, functional polysaccharides, etc.) and amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus) (squalene, linoleic acid, P, Ca, K, Mg, dietary fibre, etc.). However, from an industrial point of view, these new ingredients must be characterized in their techno-functional properties. The objective of this work was to analyze the techno-functional parameters of the amaranth and maca flours (NW) and whole (W) flours, in terms of water holding capacity (WHC, g/g), oil holding capacity (OHC, g/g), swelling capacity (SC, mL/g), foaming capacity (FC, %) and emulsifying capacity (EC, mL). The particle size of flours was also analyzed. The results indicated that the highest values for WHC were obtained in maca flour (NW) with 2.45 g of retained water/g of sample. The highest values of OHC were observed for NW flours (around 1.02 g of absorbed oil/g of sample). Meanwhile, for the variables FC and EC, the highest values were obtained for amaranth (NW) with 16.67% and amaranth (W) with 139.44 mL, respectively. Therefore, the results obtained allow us to consider the incorporation of these types of flours to different food products, knowing their effect on WHC, OHC, EC, and pH, and therefore being able to modify the processes concerning the traditional ones. This is especially interesting in the case of the meat products elaboration process in which these parameters could be critical, with the addition of these type of flours.

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“…Thus, estradiol replacement reduces oxidative stress in OVX rats 35 . On the other hand, chemical composition of L meyeni shows polyphenols, glucosinolates, alkamides, and non‐starch polysaccharides which have potent antioxidant activity in vitro 36 can also increase the cellular antioxidant status of superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione s‐transferase levels in hereditary hypertriglyceridemic rats, 37 or even in alcoholic mice 38 . It has been reported that antioxidant capacity of alkaloids are more relevant than polyphenols metabolites in L. Meyenii , 39 and black maca presents a higher antioxidant activity than red maca 40 .…”

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Maca extracts and estrogen replacement therapy in ovariectomized rats exposed at high altitude

Ybañez-Julca

Asunción-Alvarez

Palacios

et al. 2020

Reprod Medicine & Biology

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Around the world, thousands of women use the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to relieve menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, genitourinary changes, sexual dysfunction, mood disorders, bone loss, and metabolic changes. 1 However, the use of HRT in chronic non-communicable diseases remains controversial. 2 That means, HRT does not always ameliorate these symptoms in menopausal women because the pathophysiological basis are complex and the root of disease is not only due to hypoestrogenemia. 3 Clinical evidence for the use of HRT is generally related to people living at sea level, but not in the highlands. Under chronic hypoxia, reproductive age females show lower serum levels of estradiol, progesterone, and prolactin than those living at sea level. 4 These decreasing female sex hormones are usually associated with late menarche and early menopause. 5 Research is often focused on the

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Antioxidants in Maca (Lepidium meyenii) as a Supplement in Nutrition

Cited by 14 publications

References 59 publications

Influences of Dietary Supplementation with Maca (Lepidium meyenii) on Performance, Parameters of Growth Curve and Carcass Characteristics in Japanese Quail

Influences of Dietary Supplementation with Maca (Lepidium meyenii) on Performance, Parameters of Growth Curve and Carcass Characteristics in Japanese Quail

Techno-Functional Properties of New Andean Ingredients: Maca (Lepidium meyenii) and Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus)

Maca extracts and estrogen replacement therapy in ovariectomized rats exposed at high altitude

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