Broad bean (Vicia faba) consumption and Parkinson's disease: a natural source of L-dopa to consider

Neurologia. 2015 Jul-Aug;30(6):375-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2013.08.006. Epub 2013 Dec 12.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

J M Ramírez-Moreno¹, I Salguero Bodes², O Romaskevych³, M C Duran-Herrera³

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, España. Electronic address: jramirezm@meditex.es.
² Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, España.
³ Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, España.

PMID: 24332774
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2013.08.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antiparkinson Agents / therapeutic use*
Food-Drug Interactions*
Humans
Levodopa / therapeutic use*
Male
Parkinson Disease / drug therapy*
Plants, Medicinal
Vicia faba / adverse effects*

Substances

Antiparkinson Agents
Levodopa