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L-DOPA

Overview

L-DOPA (levodopa) is converted to dopamine by aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase. It is used therapeutically in Parkinson’s disease. Mucuna seed studies establish its presence, but a seed concentration is not a dietary recommendation or a concentration for cooked beans. Seed study

Generic soaking or cooking descriptions do not establish safe residual exposure. Food composition, seed preparations, extracts and supplements must be assessed separately.

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Mucuna Beans

Velvet bean seeds containing pharmacologically active L-DOPA

Biological Mechanisms and Implications

References

• Boonchoong et al. (2018), seed-specific HPLC study