玛咖(maca)属十字花科(cruciferae)独行菜属(lepidium meyeniiwalp)1年或2年生草本植物,是植物玛咖的干燥成熟根,原产于海拔3 500~4 500 m的南美安第斯山区〔1〕。玛咖因其具有丰富的营养及多种活性成分,几千年前就在秘鲁高原作为药用植物和食物被广泛地应用。20世纪80年代以后,联合国粮农组织(FAO)建议世界各国推广对 The maca belongs to the genus cruciferae Lepidium meyeniiwalp. The 1-year or 2-year-old herbaceous plant is the dry and ripe root of the plant Maca, native to the Andes in South America at an altitude of 3500-545 m 〔1〕. Due to its rich nutrition and various active ingredients, Maca is widely used as medicinal plants and food on the Peruvian plateau thousands of years ago. Since the 1980s, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has recommended that all countries in the world promote the right relationship