Mucuna pruriens,L-DOPA and its fame.

Applications and Properties:

Applications:

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Mechanisms:Levodopa or L-DOPA is an intermediate in dopamine biosynthesis. Clinically, levodopa is used in the management of Parkinson's disease.

Properties:

Mucuna pruriens, also known as Velvet Bean, contains the very powerful neurotransmitter precursor L-Dopa. L-Dopa is precursor of the neurotransmitter Dopamine, an important brain chemical involved in mood, sexuality, and movement.
Mucuna pruriens Bak., Leguminosae, is one of the popular medicinals of China and India. and is constituent of more than 200 indigenous drug formulations It is widespread over most of the subcontinent and is found in bushes and hedges and dry-deciduous, low forests throughout the plains of India. All parts of Mucuna posses valuable medicinal properties and there is a heavy demand of Mucuna in Indian drug markets. After the discovery that Mucuna seeds contain L-dopa, an anti-parkinson disease drug, its demand in international market has increased many fold and demand has motivated Indian farmers to start commercial cultivation.
Dosage:Flowers: 6~12g. Bark: 3~9g. Seeds: 9~15.

Safety and Toxicity:

Ames test highest dose 5000 microgram,lowest dose 0.5 microgram;what ever S9 exist or not,no mutagenic effects observed,extracts for oral taken equal to raw herb dosage about 312.4 g/kg,as high as 150 times of effective dose for animals,no any toxic effects observed,experiment proved that hibiscus leaf extracts and flavones low toxic,safe enough herbs for clinical applications.