Macaamide imachokera ku mizu ya Maca. Mizu ya maca imakhala ndi zinthu zosiyanasiyana zophatikizika, kuphatikiza macaamide, macaene, sterols, mankhwala a phenolic, ndi ma polysaccharides. Macaamide ndi gulu lachilengedwe lomwe lili ndi maubwino osiyanasiyana azaumoyo, makamaka otengedwa ku mizu ya Maca, ndipo ali ndi chiyembekezo chogwiritsa ntchito pazakudya zopatsa thanzi, zakudya zogwira ntchito, zodzoladzola, komanso kafukufuku wamankhwala.