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Name: Maca
Scientific name: Lepidium peruvianum Chacon, Lepidium meyenii Walp
Tariff Item: ***6.*0.*0.*0
Spanish and Quechua Name: Maca, maka, maca-maca, maino, ayak chichira, ayak willku.
English name: Maca, Peruvian ginseng.

Description
Maca is a native of the Central Andes of Peru, in the departments of Pasco and Junin.It is found in certain communities located in the Meseta de Bombon, between ***0 to ***0 meters above sea level.It is a herbaceous, tuberous root, of the Cruciferae family that looks like a top.

Active Ingredient
It contains alkaloids, amino acids, Flavonoids, Glycosides, Saponins, B complex vitamins, natural estrogens, and Minerals like Calcium, Iron and Zinc.

Sensory
Appearance: Fine powder
Color: Characteristic
Odor: Characteristic
Taste: Characteristic

Features Physical / Chemical
Humidity: No more than 8%
Condoms: Absent
Pesticides: According to FDA Standards
Antioxidants: Absent
Heavy metals:
Lead (as Pb): Not more than *0 ppm
Arsenic (as As): Not more than 3 ppm

Uses
-Food Nutrition, very effective against malnutrition and convalescence.
-Dietary supplement for women, men and high-performance athletes.
-Helps regulate menstrual cycle and improves symptoms of menopause.
-Supports female fertility.This indicated for cases of sterility, frigidity and impotence.Improving the quality of sexual life in men as in women.
-Restores physical and intellectual capacity, improve concentration and memory.Used in overwork, lack of appetite and anemia.Combat insomnia and mental fatigue.
-Combat respiratory diseases, rheumatism, arthritis and loss of calcium in bones.
-Contraindicated for Hypertensive people and pregnant women
-In could be used in geriatric symptoms of senile involution, nervousness and mental deficits.