Original Article
Aqueous Extract of Black Maca (Lepidium meyenii) on Memory Impairment Induced by Ovariectomy in Mice
Table 1
Latency (s) in OVX mice treated with black maca during the step-down avoidance test.
| Treatment | Dose | Number of errors | Step-down latency(s) |
| Native control | — | 2.44 ± 0.73* [9] | 93.33 ± 26.30* [9] | Sham control | — | 2.11 ± 0.95* [10] | 124.85 ± 34.81* [10] | OVX control | — | 9.44 ± 2.15 [9] | 29.69 ± 5.65 [9] | Aqueous extract of Black Maca | 0.50 g/kg | 3.67 ± 0.87* [10] | 106.07 ± 23.21* [10] | | 2.00 g/kg | 4.37 ± 0.68* [10] | 73.43 ± 13.89* [10] |
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Number of mice per group is in parenthesis.
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P < .05 versus OVX control.
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