Levodopa Content of Mucuna pruriens Supplements in the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database

Pieter A Cohen; Bharathi Avula; Kumar Katragunta; Ikhlas Khan

doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2184

Levodopa Content of Mucuna pruriens Supplements in the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database

JAMA Neurol. 2022 Oct 1;79(10):1085-1086. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2184.

Authors

Pieter A Cohen^{1

2}, Bharathi Avula³, Kumar Katragunta³, Ikhlas Khan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
² Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case series assesses the levels of levodopa in Mucuna pruriens supplements available in the US that are included in the National Institutes of Health Dietary Supplement Label Database.

MeSH terms

Dietary Supplements
Humans
Levodopa
Mucuna*

Substances

Levodopa