Effect of three different cultivars of <it>Lepidium meyenii </it>(Maca) on learning and depression in ovariectomized mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Lepidium meyenii </it>Walp. (Brassicaceae), known as Maca, is a Peruvian hypocotyl growing exclusively between 4000 and 4500 m altitude in the central Peruvian Andes, particularly in Junin plateau and is used traditio...

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Main Authors: Gonzales Gustavo F, Gasco Manuel, Dávila Sonia, Caldas Maria, Rubio Julio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-06-01
Series:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/6/23