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[pycnogenol]

Who here currently takes Mucuna Pruriens and what brand do you use? Has anyone ordered it from the companies below?

http://www.tattvasherbs.com/mucuna.htm

http://www.nutraceut...t_index=7841817

http://herbal-powers...apruriens1.html

http://www.americann...ore/Mucuna.html

Thanks.

Edited by pycnogenol, 17 October 2008 - 03:49 PM.

[pycnogenol]

Bump.

Now Foods just released DOPA Mucuna product:

http://www.nowfoods....ucts/059991.htm

[graatch]

Hey.

Personally I want to try an whole unstandardized-for-L-DOPA (or very low L-DOPA standardization, maybe 6-10%) Mucuna product, albeit strengthened (10:1 or something), and things like phytic acid minimized. The reason being that for various reasons* I suspect that the active dopaminergic in Mucuna Pruriens is not L-DOPA, or that the other components in the whole substance definitely alter the overall pharmacological effect considerably.

*(a partial list: different (longer with Mucuna Pruriens) duration of effect, different characteristics in research regarding the possible-neurotoxicity of L-DOPA that shows up sometimes (Mucuna Pruriens is protective), apparent difference in need of carboxylase inhibitor, and that a Mucuna Pruriens extract standardized for 0% L-DOPA still showed anti-Parkinsonian activity ...)

[ajnast4r]

sabinsa

http://www.afisupple...com/hghdopa.htm

[pycnogenol]

sabinsa

http://www.afisupple...com/hghdopa.htm

Thanks for the link, ajnast4r.

Question: Why would someone take this product "at bedtime" as suggested in the link you provided?

I thought (hey, I could be wrong!) that it was to be taken in the AM as it can be stimulating.

Edited by pycnogenol, 13 January 2009 - 11:47 PM.