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SynthesisNutrients2024

Effects of Maca (

Álvaro Huerta Ojeda, Javiera Rodríguez Rojas, Jorge Cancino-López, Guillermo Barahona-Fuentes, Leonardo Pavez, María-Mercedes Yeomans-Cabrera, Carlos Jorquera-Aguilera

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Maca (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Álvaro Huerta OjedaNúcleo de Investigación en Salud, Actividad Física y Deporte ISAFYD, Universidad de Las Américas, Viña del Mar 2531098, Chile.
Javiera Rodríguez RojasFacultad de Ciencias, Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Magíster en Nutrición Para la Actividad Física y el Deporte, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile.ORCID 0009-0007-7436-3065
Jorge Cancino-LópezExercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, Escuela de Kinesiología, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago 7501015, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-3620-9861
Guillermo Barahona-FuentesNúcleo de Investigación en Salud, Actividad Física y Deporte ISAFYD, Universidad de Las Américas, Viña del Mar 2531098, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-4913-9321
Leonardo PavezNúcleo de Investigación en Ciencias Biológicas (NICB), Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Agronomía, Universidad de Las Américas, Santiago 7500975, Chile.
María-Mercedes Yeomans-CabreraFacultad de Salud y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Las Américas, Viña del Mar 2531098, Chile.
Carlos Jorquera-AguileraFacultad de Ciencias, Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-4091-1709

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

objectivesTo examine and qualitatively describe the studies published up to 2024 that employed LmW supplementation to increase physical performance in animal and human experimentation. In addition, the ES associated with the different interventions was calculated.

methodsThe research followed PRISMA

resultsTwenty-one studies were included in the systematic review and sixteen in the meta-analysis. They revealed a large effect for all outcomes (SMD: FST = 2.26, RRT = 6.26, GST = 5.23, LA = -1.01, and BLA = -1.70).

conclusionsThe phytochemical compounds of LmW, mainly macamides, increase physical performance, showing a greater effect at higher doses (dose-response effect).

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsLepidiumPhysical Functional PerformancePlant ExtractsAnimalsHumansPlant ExtractsBrassicaceaein vitro techniquesin vivo techniquesphysical performance

Identifiers

PMID39796542
PMCPMC11723211

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Registered trials

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