In vitro digestion modifies Lepidium meyenii extract, altering its major glucosinolates, lepidilines, β-carbolines, and gut bacterial growth
Dominik Tarabasz, Ewa Baranowska-Wójcik, Paweł Szczeblewski, Tomasz Laskowski, Klaudia Gustaw, Marzena Furtak-Niczyporuk, Dominik Szwajgier, Rita Cristina Orihuela-Campos, Henry O Meissner, Julia Borzyszkowska-Bukowska, Wirginia Kukula-Koch · 2026
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Maca root, an Andean food staple, changes as it passes through digestion, and some of its prized compounds survive better than others. Dominik Tarabasz and co-authors simulated that passage in this 2026 study. The extract came from red maca. A lab model of the gut processed it stage by stage.
Three compound families were tracked: sulfur-rich glucosinolates, lepidilines, and a beta-carboline derivative. The lepidilines stayed highly stable through the whole simulation. The other two groups degraded substantially. The digested extract's effect on gut bacteria was also tested. What survives digestion is what the body can actually use. Supplement claims should rest on the survivors, not the starting extract.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dominik Tarabasz, Ewa Baranowska-Wójcik, Paweł Szczeblewski, Tomasz Laskowski, Klaudia Gustaw, Marzena Furtak-Niczyporuk, Dominik Szwajgier, Rita Cristina Orihuela-Campos, Henry O Meissner, Julia Borzyszkowska-Bukowska, Wirginia Kukula-Koch |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |