Preliminary Evaluation Effect of Lepidium meyenii Walp on the embryonic development of mouse

The "maca", Lepidium meyenii Walp, is a peruvian native plant and resource with a wide nutritional value. Several investigations had been realized in the last decade to probe the "maca" effects on the mammals fertility. In this work, we assessed the effects of lyophilizade aqueou...

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Autores: D´Arrigo, Guadalupe, Benavides, Víctor, Pino, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/2440
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/2440
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Maca
Lepidium meyenii Walp
embriones de ratón
desarrollo pre-implantacional
mouse embryo´s
pre-implantational development
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Sumario:The "maca", Lepidium meyenii Walp, is a peruvian native plant and resource with a wide nutritional value. Several investigations had been realized in the last decade to probe the "maca" effects on the mammals fertility. In this work, we assessed the effects of lyophilizade aqueous extract of L. meyenii on the preimplantational embryos of Mus musculus. Two concentrations of 0 g/Kg (control group) and 1 g/Kg of body weight of lyophilizade aqueous extract were supplied to two groups of pregnant female mice, respectively from day 1 to day 4 of pregnancy. The stage of development, conditions and embryo morphology were evaluated. We found that lyophilizade aqueous extract of "maca" cause no toxics effects on the normal development of the preimplantational mouse embryos.