Review Article
Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a Plant from the Peruvian Highlands
Table 1
Properties for maca after in vivo administration in experimental animals.
| Species | Property | Source |
| Rats | Increase sperm count and sperm motility | [16] | Increase male sexual behavior | [13, 22, 23] | Small effect on rat male sexual behavior | [24] | Nutritional | [25] | Antistress | [26, 27] | Prevent testosterone-induced prostatic hyperplasia | [20] | Reversed osteoporosis | [28, 29] | Neuroprotective effects | [30] | Protects against UV radiation | [31] | antioxidant status, lipid, and glucose metabolism | [32] |
| Mice | Increase male sexual behavior | [13] | Increase embryo survival | [33] | Prevent testosterone-induced prostatic hyperplasia | [34] | Increase number of offsprings | [33] | | Improve memory and learning | [35ā37] |
| Guinea pigs | Increase number of offsprings | [38] |
| Fish | Nutritional | [39, 40] | Increase embryo survival | [39] |
| Bulls | Improve sperm quantity and quality |
[41] | Unaffected mating behavior |
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