Nov. 30, 2004 — The seed powder of a leguminous plant, a natural source of levodopa, may have advantages in the long-term management of Parkinson's disease (PD), according to the results of a ...

A new research letter published in the journal JAMA Neurology has reported some dietary supplements can contain extraordinarily high levels of a molecule called levodopa, which is often used in drug ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --Mucuna pruriens, a bean that naturally contains traces of levodopa, or L-dopa, which converts into dopamine in the brain, has been long used in Ayurvedic medicine for issues ranging ...

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A type of supplement known as the "dopamine bean" can contain very high levels of levodopa -- in some cases, higher than prescription formulations used to treat Parkinson's disease, researchers found.

Mucuna pruriens is a member of the big family; Fabaceae. It is a lofty climber with pubescent stems. The flowers are deep purple to almost black. The fruit is densely clothed with rusty stinging hairs ...

India (Deccan): seeds eaten. Malawi (southern region): seeds eaten. Cooking process reported laborious. Mozambique (Macossa district): seeds/ beans, which have fallen to the ground, are boiled. The ...