Mucuna Pruriens Standardized Extract: 60% L-Dopa 

Herbal Powers is the only place where you can purchase a high concentrated pure L Dopa. 

MUCUNA PRURIENS (Velvet Bean)  60% L-Dopa, Levodopa : Mucuna Pruriens contains a significant amount of naturally occurring L-Dopa, an amino acid that converts into dopamine. Dopamine is an essential component of our body and it's required for proper functioning of the brain.  Research has discovered that the body converts the amino acid tyrosine into L-dopa; L-dopa is then converted into dopamine. Without the neurotransmitter dopamine to serve a damping effect on neural transmissions, muscles become tense and tremble.

L- Dopa contains natural secretagogues which may support the body's ability to stimulate the natural release of growth hormone. The blood carries the dopamine into the brain, where it naturally increases HGH production from the pituitary gland. The increased dopamine levels also optimize the production of other hormones, including testosterone, leading to increased sex drive and improved sexual performance for both men and women,  beneficial in stimulating muscle growth, as well as burning fat from fat cells

 L-Dopa provides a large number of health benefits:

• REGENERATION OF ORGANS (HEART, KIDNEY, LIVER, LUNGS)
• DRAMATICALLY STRENGTHENED IMMUNE SYSTEM
• IMPROVED SLEEP (PROMOTES DEEP SLEEP)
• REDUCED BODYFAT & DECREASED CELLULITE
• DECREASED WRINKLES
• IMPROVED SKIN TEXTURE AND APPEARANCE
• INCREASED BONE DENSITY & REVERSAL OF OSTEOPOROSIS
• INCREASED LEAN MUSCLE MASS
• IMPROVED MOOD AND SENSE OF WELL BEING
• ENHANCED LIBIDO & SEXUAL PERFORMANCE
• INCREASED ENERGY LEVELS
• IMPROVED CHOLESTEROL PROFILE

In the 29 April 1977 issue of SCIENCE, p. 549-551, George Cotzias, Samuel Miller and others reported on their longterm experiment with rats fed L-Dopa. Cotzias and Miller fed L-Dopa to their experimental rats at a dose of 40 to 80mg per gram of food; prolonged treatment with L-Dopa increased mean lifespans by up to 50%.

Recent reports by Marshall and Berrios (SCIENCE 206(1979):477) and Jellinger et al (MECH AGING DEVEL 14 (1980) 253) studied the incidence of movement disorders among aged rats, and showed that L-Dopa almost totally reversed the slowness of motion and lack of coordination shown by aged rats. Their experiment involved a test of ability to swim. Aged rats, 24 to 27 months old, could not swim well for more than a few minutes; their swimming lacked coordination compared to control young rats, and after several minutes they would repeatedly sink. All of these problems disappeared after treatment with L-Dopa. We all recognize the way in which an older person moves compared to a younger one; Marshall and Berrios present strong evidence that regular treatment with L-Dopa will reverse this disability and therefore lead to greater vigor in the old, even if it does not lead to longer lifespan.

Risk and adverse effects:  It is recommended to take only 1 to 2 capsules a day.  Do not exceed 2 capsules/day.  Taking more than 2 capsules a day can cause undesirable side effects such as nausea and vomiting, uncontrollable motions , loss of blood pressure, mental disturbance, and increased cardiac risk.  If you are currently on medication, please consult your physician before taking any supplement.

Suggested dosage : For daily health maintenance, take 1 or 2 capsules in the morning, 30 minutes before a meal. The maximum recommended dosage of Mucuna Pruriens for a healthy adult is 4 capsules in a 24 hour period.

Dopamine and sexual function
by
Giuliano F, Allard J.
Groupe de Recherche en Urologie,
UPRES, Medical University of Paris South, France.
giuliano@cyber-sante.org
Int J Impot Res 2001 Aug;13 Suppl 3:S18-28

ABSTRACT

The use of the D1/D2 dopamine receptor agonist apomorphine SL for the treatment of erectile dysfunction provides a strong support in favour of a participation of the dopaminergic system in the control of sexual function. However, the exact involvement of dopamine in sexual motivation and in the control of genital arousal in humans is unknown. In contrast, experimental data suggest an implication of dopamine at all these stages of the copulatory behaviour in rodents. The release of dopamine at the level of the nucleus accumbens, which is innervated by the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway originating in the ventral tegmental area, is positively implicated in the pre-copulatory or appetitive phase in male rats. There is also a permissive role in the copulatory or consumatory phase for dopamine released at the level of the median pre-optic area, which receives projection from the dopaminergic incertohypothalamic pathway within the hypothalamus. It is noteworthy that these participations of the dopaminergic system are not specific to sexual behaviour but rather reflect the more general involvement of dopamine in the regulation of cognitive, integrative and reward processes. Due to its role in the control of locomotor activity, the integrity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway is also essential for the display of copulatory behaviour. Somehow more specific to sexual function, it is likely that dopamine can trigger penile erection by acting on oxytocinergic neurons located in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, and perhaps on the pro-erectile sacral parasympathetic nucleus within the spinal cord. The counterpart of such regulation of the genital arousal by dopamine has not yet been established in females. In conclusion, the central dopaminergic system is a key element of the control of sexual function.