Role of Maca (Lepidium meyenii) Consumption on Serum Interleukin-6 Levels and Health Status in Populations Living in the Peruvian Central Andes over 4000 m of Altitude
| Autor: | Gustavo F. Gonzales, Manuel Gasco, Iván Lozada-Requena |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Cross-sectional study Health Status Physical fitness Physiology Altitude Sickness Lepidium Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Peru Testosterone Altitude sickness Lepidium meyenii consumption Estradiol Traditional medicine biology Altitude Middle Aged Hypocotyl Chronic mountain sickness Lower Extremity Sex steroids Chemistry (miscellaneous) Female Adult purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.04 [https] Article medicine Humans Aged IL-6 Lepidium meyenii Interleukin-6 Muscle strength business.industry medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Health Surveys Diet Cross-Sectional Studies Physical Fitness Quality of Life Plant Preparations Lower limb strength business Phytotherapy Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 68:347-351 |
| ISSN: | 1573-9104 0921-9668 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11130-013-0378-5 |
| Popis: | Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is a plant that grows at over 4,000 m above sea level in the central Peruvian Andes. The hypocotyls of this plant are traditionally consumed for their nutritional and medicinal properties. The aim of this study was to determine the health status based on a health related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaire (SF-20) and serum levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in subjects that are maca consumers. For this, a cross-sectional study was designed to be performed in 50 subjects from Junin (4,100 m): 27 subjects were maca consumers and 23 were non-consumers. The SF-20 survey is used to obtain a summary measure of health status. The stand up from a chair and sit down (SUCSD) test (to assess lower-extremity function), hemoglobin measurement, blood pressure, sexual hormone levels, serum IL-6 levels and the score of chronic mountain sickness (CMS) were evaluated. Testosterone/estradiol ratio (P |
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