7. Maca Bibliography and References

  1. Aliaga-Cárdenas, R. 1995. Biologia floral de la maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.) Huayre-Junín. Thesis, Universidad Nacional Agraria, Fac. de Agronomia, La Molina, Lima, Perú.
  2. Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 1986a New wool-alien Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) in North America: Lepidium and Sisymbrium. Rhodora 88:347-356.
  3. Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 1986b. The genera of Lepidieae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 67:265-311.
  4. Bonnier, E. 1986. Utilisation du sol à l’époque préhispanique: le cas archéologique du Shaka-Placamayo. Cah. Sci. Hum. 22(1):97- 113
  5. Brako, L. and Zarucchi, J.L. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden 45:I-XI:1-1286.
  6. Cara, A. M., et al."The role of histamine in human penile erection. Br. J. Urol. 1995 Feb;75(2):220-4.
  7. Castro de Leon, M. 1990. Un cultivo Andino en extinction: el caso de la maca. Peru Indig. 12:85-94.
  8. Chacón de Popovici, G. 1990. La maca (Lepidium peruvianum Chacón sp.nov.) y su hábitat. Revista Peruana de Biología, 3(2).
  9. Chacón, G. 1990. La maca (Lepidium peruvianurn) Chacón sp. nov.) y su habitat. Rev. Peruana de Biologia 3:171-272.
  10. Chacon, R. C. 1961. Estudio Fitoquimico de Lepidium meyenii. Dissertation, Univ., Nac. Mayo de San Marcos, Peru, 1986.
  11. Cicero, A. F., et al. "Hexanic Maca extract improves rat sexual performance more effectively than methanolic and chloroformic Maca extracts." Andrologia 2002 Jun;34(3):177-9
  12. Cicero, A. F., et al. "Lepidium meyenii Walp. improves sexual behaviour in male rats independently from its action on spontaneous locomotor activity." J. Ethnopharmacol. 2001 May; 75(2-3):225-9.
  13. Darlington, C.D. and A.P. Wylie. 1945. Chromosome Atlas of Flowering Plants. George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London
  14. Dini, A., et al. “Chemical composition of Lepidium meyenii.” Food Chemistry 49 (1994): 347–49.
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  16. Gonzales G. F., et al. "Effect of Lepidium meyenii (maca) roots on spermatogenesis of male rats." Asian J. Androl. 2001 Sep;3(3):231-3
  17. Gonzales, G. F., et al. "Lepidium meyenii (Maca) improved semen parameters in adult men. Asian J. Androl. 2001 Dec; 3(4):301-3.
  18. Gonzales, G. F., et al. "Effect of Lepidium meyenii (MACA) on sexual desire and its absent relationship with serum testosterone levels in adult healthy men." Andrologia 2002 Dec;34(6):367-72
  19. Gonzales, G. F., et al. "Effect of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a root with aphrodisiac and fertility-enhancing properties, on serum reproductive hormone levels in adult healthy men." J. Endocrinol. 2003 Jan; 176(1):163-8.
  20. Hanelt, P. 1986. Cruciferae. Pp. 272-332 in Rudolf Mansfelds Verzeichnis landwirtschaftlicher und gärtnerischer Kulturpflanzen. 2. Auflage (ohne Zierpflanzen) (J. Schultze-Motel ed.). Akademie Verlag, Berlin.
  21. Hermann, M. and J. Heller, editors. 1997. Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21. Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben/International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.
  22. Hewson, H.J. 1982. The Genus Lepidium L. (Brassicaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 4:217-308
  23. Johns, T. “The anu and the maca.” Journal of Ethnobiology 1 (1981):208–212.
  24. Kianian, S.F. and C.F. Quirós. 1991. Genetic analysis of major multigene families of Brassica oleracea and related species. Genome 35:516-527.
  25. León, J. 1964. The “maca” (Lepidium meyenii), a little-known food plant of Peru. Econ. Bot. 18(2):122-127.
  26. Mabberley, D.J. 1993. The Plant Book: a Portable Dictionary of the Higher Plants, utilising Cronquist’s An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants (1981). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK/New York, NY, USA.
  27. Matos, M. 1978. Los recursos naturales y el poblamiento pre-ceramico de la puna de Junín. Rev. del Museo Nacional XLIV, Lima.
  28. Mummenhoff, K., E. Kuhnt, M. Koch and K. Zunk. 1995. Systematic implications of chloroplast DNA variation in Lepidium sections Cardamon, Lepiocardamon and Lepia (Brassicacea). Plant Syst. Evol 96:75-88.
  29. Mummenhoff, K., H. Hurka and H.-J. Bandelt. 1992. Systematics of Autralian Lepidium species (Brassicacea) and implications for their origin: evidence from IEF analysis of Rubisco. Plant Syst. Evol. 183:99-112.
  30. National Research Council. 1989. Lost crops of the Incas: little-Known plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
  31. Navarro, E., J. Alonso, R. Rodriguez, J. Trujillo and J. Boada. 1994. Diuretic action of an acqueous extract of Lepidium latifolium L. J. Ethnopharmacol. 41:65-69.
  32. Oshima M, Gu Y, Tsukada S. Effects of Lepidium meyenii Walp and Jatropha macrantha on blood levels of estradiol-17 beta, progesterone, testosterone and the rate of embryo implantation in mice. J Vet Med Sci. 2003 Oct;65(10):1145-6.
  33. Quiros, C., et al. “Physiological studies and determination of chromosome number in maca, Lepidium meyenii.” Economic Botany 50, 2 (1996): 216–23.
  34. Quirós, C.F., A. Epperson, J. Hu and M. Holle. 1996. Physiological and cytological characterization of maca, Lepidium meyenii Walp. Econ. Bot. 50:216-223.
  35. Rea, J. 1992. Raices andinas: maca. Pp. 163-166 in Cultivos marginados, otra perspectiva de 1492 (J.E. Hernández Bermejo y J.E. León, eds.). FAO, Rome.
  36. Rehm, S. and G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the Tropics and Subtropics: Cultivation, economic value, utilization. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21. 197
  37. Report of an ad hoc panel of the Advisory Committee on Technical Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council, 1989. Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation.
  38. Sanchez León, A. 1996. Que Rica Maca! Somos 495:34-36.
  39. Scibona, M., et al. "L-arginine and male infertility." Minerva Urol. Nefrol. 1994 Dec;46(4):251-3.
  40. Tello, J. et al. 1991. La maca (Lepidium meyenii Walpers): Cultivo alimenticio potencial para las zonas altoandinas. In VII Congreso Internacional de Cultivos Andinos. La Paz.
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