Risorse Tagged: L Dopa

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  1. The Magic Velvet Bean of Mucuna pruriens

    Abstract, Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2012 Mucuna pruriens(Fabaceae) is an established herbal drug used for the management of male infertility, nervous disorders, and also as an aphrodisiac. It has been shown that its seeds are potentially of substantial medicinal...
    L-Dopa Antinutrients Velvet Bean Mucuna pruriens

  2. Knowing Your Beans in Parkinson's Disease: A Critical Assessment of Current Knowledge about Different Beans and Their Compounds in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and in Animal Models

    Abstract, Parkinsons Disease, 2019 This review contains a critical appraisal of current knowledge about the use of beans in both animal models and patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The potential beneficial effects of beans in PD are increasingly being touted, not only in scientific journals...
    Velvet Bean L-Dopa Hallucinogen Mucuna pruriens Theobroma cacao Glycine max Coffee Phaseolus vulgaris Green Bean Vicia faba Broad Bean Soybeans Soya bean

  3. Do Velvet Bean Leaves Contain L-DOPA

    19/07/1997 Lawrence Gilley in Mozambique wrote to us, wonderingwhether velvet bean leaves can be eaten by people. “Mozambicans regularly eat the leaves of cowpeas, cassava, sweet potato, amaranth and squash as well as various wild herbs. If velvet bean leaves…could be consumed and are palatable, it would be...
    Velvet Bean L-Dopa allelopathic