Broad bean (Vicia faba) - a natural source of L-dopa - prolongs 'on' periods in patients with Parkinson's disease who have 'on-off' fluctuations

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 164-166

  Apaydin, Hülya ^a,b   Ertan, Sibel ^b   Özekmekçi, Sibel ^b  

^a Adnan Menderes Bulvari   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAN; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ON OFF PHENOMENON; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FABACEAE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0033970684     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200001)15:1<164::AID-MDS1028>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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