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Acknowledgement
F. MARTHE, W. SCHÜTZE, H. KRÜGER, P. SCHOLZE, R. KRÄMER and U. RYSCHKA
The authors thank Prof. C.F. Quirós, University of California at Davis, USA, for providing
the maca seeds.
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Fig. 3: HPLC-chromatogram section from a root extract of maca with UVspectra,
both flavonoids are not identified
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