thanks johnt, very interesting article. much more readable if you download it.

4 patients, longest duration of disease was 2 years, L-DOPA daily intake was 300-475mg. all 4 patients had already been taking mucana, 3 using a prep from an italian pharmacy and i 1 using just mucana they personally obtained.
MUCANA is being investigated as an alternative to C/L in countries where C/L is unaffordable. What i noticed is mucana L-DOPA concentration is very variable if you just buy the unprepared "flour".

i think there already is evidence that MUCANA can alleviate pd symptoms, i wonder how much is actually being grown in 3rd world countries because there are more productive crops for animal feed which i assume that is the primary use of the plant, i doubt much is grown for human consumption primarily because of the L-DOPA content.

just guessing here. i apologize if i'm wrong.