功效 | 說明 | 科學研究 |
增強體力和耐力 | 瑪卡常被運動員和健身愛好者用來增強體力和耐力。其效果可能來自於其豐富的營養成分,如碳水化合物、蛋白質和多種礦物質,這些成分能提供能量並促進肌肉恢復。 | Stone, M., Ibarra, A., Roller, M., Zangara, A., & Stevenson, E. (2009). A pilot investigation into the effect of maca supplementation on physical activity and sexual desire in sportsmen. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 126(3), 574–576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2009.09.012 |
提升性功能 | 瑪卡因其提升性功能的效果而聞名。研究表明,瑪卡能改善性欲、性功能障礙以及增加精子數量和活力,這可能與其內含的植物化學物質有關。 | Zenico, T., Cicero, A. F., Valmorri, L., Mercuriali, M., & Bercovich, E. (2009). Subjective effects of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) extract on well-being and sexual performances in patients with mild erectile dysfunction: a randomised, double-blind clinical trial. Andrologia, 41(2), 95–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00892.x |
改善情緒和壓力 | 瑪卡對情緒穩定和壓力緩解有積極作用,可能有助於減少焦慮和抑鬱症狀。這些效應可能來自於其影響下丘腦-垂體-腎上腺軸的功能。 | Brooks, N. A., Wilcox, G., Walker, K. Z., Ashton, J. F., Cox, M. B., & Stojanovska, L. (2008). Beneficial effects of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on psychological symptoms and measures of sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women are not related to estrogen or androgen content. Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 15(6), 1157–1162. https://doi.org/10.1097/gme.0b013e3181732953 |
調節荷爾蒙 | 瑪卡被認為能調節荷爾蒙平衡,尤其在更年期女性中。研究指出,瑪卡可能幫助減少更年期症狀,如潮熱和夜汗,並改善情緒和能量水平。 | Gonzales G. F. (2012). Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a Plant from the Peruvian Highlands. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012, 193496. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/193496 |