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Research Article
Improvement of parkinsonian features correlate with high plasma levodopa values after broad bean (Vicia faba) consumption.
Abstract
Five healthy volunteers and six patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) ate 250 g cooked broad beans after 12 hours without treatment. During the next four hours a substantial clinical improvement was noted, three patients showed severe dyskinesias, and plasma levodopa concentrations rose.