Table 1.
Composition of spray-dried extracts of red and black maca screened using nuclear magnetic resonance.
| Compound | Maca Samples | |
|---|---|---|
| Black Maca | Red Maca | |
| Formic acid | 4.10 | 6.94 |
| Adenine | 6.23 | 5.06 |
| Fumaric acid | 13.79 | 15.43 |
| Uridine | 10.82 | 10.71 |
| Sucrose | 1632.36 | 1368.35 |
| Glucotropaeolin | 77.50 | 72.08 |
| Macamides | 55.21 | 39.86 |
| Choline | 327.44 | 366.99 |
| GABA | 40.09 | 76.59 |
| Malic acid | 83.88 | 92.81 |
| Glutamine | 132.01 | 118.27 |
| Proline | 875.25 | 832.98 |
| Fatty acids | 504.55 | 378.36 |
| Alanine | 156.22 | 152.41 |
| Valine | 111.48 | 107.61 |
| Phytosterols | 24.23 | 21.10 |