I guess that it is a Andean tuber. Here is some info I found on another web site. Email me if you learn anymore about this or if you try it. It is supposed to be less toxic than DNP but is harder to absorb through the skin without the use of some type of vehicle.
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Ahipa

Common names
ahipa: Peru
frijol chuncho, villu: Bolivia
huitoto (Aymara): Bolivia

Crop adaptation. Ahipa is grown in family orchards, rarely in larger fields on its own. Although it has been found at sea level, it is more commonly grown between 1,000 and 2,300 meters.

Varieties. This species, known as the Andean Pachyrhizus, has little diversity, unlike other related species, such as P. erosus in tropical areas.

Nutritional value. Ahipa resembles yac�n, with its high content of water, although it can also be a good source of potassium and vitamin C. Its starch is easily digested.

Uses. This root is eaten after being boiled and accompanies dishes as a substitute for cassava. Because of the likely toxic content of rotenone in its leaves and stems, it could serve as a natural insecticide.

Another class of protonophores are anacardic acids, found in cashew nut shells.

Here's an interesting study:

Pharmacol Res 1995 Dec;32(6):383-9

"Protective actions of L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine on the neurotoxicity evoked by mitochondrial uncoupling or inhibitors."

Virmani MA, Biselli R, Spadoni A, Rossi S, Corsico N, Calvani M, Fattorossi A, De Simone C, Arrigoni-Martelli E

Sigma-Tau, Pomezia, Rome.

The mechanism for the pathological increase in cell death in various disease states e.g. HIV immunodefficiency or even ageing or Alzheimer's disease, occurs by complex and as yet undefined mechanism(s) related to immunological, virological or biochemical disturbances (i.e. energy depletion, oxidative stress, increased protein degradation). We have studied mitochondrial uncoupling or inhibitor toxicity on neurones at the cellular level and at the mitochondrial level using rhodamine (Rh123) and 10-nonylacridine orange (NAO) fluorescence with confocal microscopy. Blockade of the mitochondrial chain complexes at various points was studied. The possible protective effects of the compound L-carnitine, which plays a central role in mitochondrial function, was tested in this form of neurotoxicity. It appears that L-carnitine and its acetylated form, acetyl-L-carnitine, can attenuate the cell damage, as assessed by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release, evoked by the uncoupler, p-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhdyrazone (FCCP), or by the inhibitors, 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA) or rotenone. Further, the FCCP-induced inhibition of Rh123 uptake was antagonized by the preincubation of cells with L-carnitine. Since such neurotoxic mechanisms may be operating in the various pathological forms of myotoxicity and neurotoxicity, these observations suggest potential for a therapeutic approach.

i tried DNP once and thought i was going to die....anyone that takes any of that stuff, good luck and god bless you

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