The invention provides a method for extracting effective constituents from maca. The method includes the following steps that fresh or dry maca roots are taken as raw materials, the maca roots are washed, impurities are removed, an ethyl
alcohol-water solution is used as homogenate liquid, the maca roots are homogenized, crushed and extracted, so that a homogenate extracting solution is obtained, filtering is conducted, filtering residues are mixed with an extraction
solvent, negative pressure
cavitation solid-liquid mixing
cyclone extraction is conducted to obtain the extracting solution, the extraction solutions are combined and concentrated, a concentrated solution and a low-level
solvent are mixed, then negative pressure
cavitation liquid-liquid extraction is conducted, an extracting liquor is obtained, an extract is obtained after concentration, ethyl
alcohol is added for redissolving, and thus a solution 1 is obtained; the extracted maca filtering residues are extracted again through hot water, an extracting solution is obtained after filtering, and a solution 2 is obtained after concentration; the solution 1 and the solution 2 are combined and dried, and extractives of the effective constituents of the maca are obtained. The method for extracting the effective constituents from the maca has the advantages that the technological process is simple, the
production cycle is short, the effective constituents can be efficiently extracted, products can maintain the original
flavor of the maca, used equipment is conventional equipment, production cost is low, and industrial production is easy to achieve.