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Mucuna pruriens, a Possible Treatment for Depressive Disorders [PDF]

Neurology International
Depression is a mental disorder that depicts a wide variety of symptoms, including mood and cognitive alterations, as well as recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
Alfonso Mata-Bermudez, Araceli Diaz-Ruiz, Luis Ricardo Silva-García, Eduardo Manuel Gines-Francisco, Roxana Noriega-Navarro, Camilo Rios, Héctor Alonso Romero-Sánchez, Diego Arroyo, Abraham Landa, Luz Navarro   +9 more
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Sexual stimulatory effects of Mucuna pruriens in rodents: An experiment following Ayurvedic perspective [PDF]

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
Background: Dopaminergic neurotransmission is critical to managing a variety of physiological activities, including sexual behavior. Erectile dysfunction is frequently related to low dopamine levels and hyperglycemia, both of which can be alleviated by ...
Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran, Binu Tharakan, Jeyaram Bharathi Jeyabalan, Suhrud Pathak, Keyi Liu, Rishi Nadar, Timothy Moore   +6 more
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A seed extract of Mucuna pruriens reduced male reproductive endocrine disruptions in rats induced by chlorpromazine [PDF]

Pharmacia
Current research aims to assess the therapeutic impact of Mucuna pruriens seed extract on PROTAMIN (PRM) I and II gene expression and hormones in chlorpromazine-induced endocrine disruptions and reproductive toxicity in male rats. Thirty male Wistar rats
Sahar Mohammed Ahmed, Yassir M. K. Al-Mulla Hummadi, Huda Jaber Waheed   +2 more
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Ameliorating effect of Mucuna pruriens seed extract on sodium arsenite-induced testicular toxicity and hepato-renal histopathology in rats [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2023
Background and Aim: A significant cause of arsenic poisoning is polluted groundwater. Arsenic poisoning results in the suppression of spermatogenesis and the liver and kidneys are vulnerable to the toxic effects as well.
Preethi Lavina Concessao, Kurady Laxminarayana Bairy, Archana Parampalli Raghavendra   +2 more
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Antioxidant activity of Flemingia praecox and Mucuna pruriens and their implications for male fertility improvement. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Globally, 15–24% couples are unable to conceive naturally and 50% of cases of this problem are due to infertility in males. Of this, about 50% of male infertility problems are developed due to unknown reasons called as idiopathic infertility.
Kumbhare SD, Ukey SS, Gogle DP.
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Proximate composition and anti-nutritional factors in Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean) seed flour as affected by several processing methods. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Mucuna pruriens seed being an underutilized legume with antinutrients was processed to reduce antinutrients and improve nutritional quality. The seeds were cleaned, washed and subjected to single treatments of soaking (24 h, 48 h, 72 h), cooking (20 min,
Ezegbe CC, Nwosu JN, Owuamanam CI, Victor-Aduloju TA, Nkhata SG.   +4 more
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<i>Mucuna pruriens</i> Treatment for Parkinson Disease: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials. [PDF]

Parkinsons Dis
Background: Research into alternative treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD) is gaining increasing attention. Mucuna pruriens (M. pruriens), a plant traditionally used in Ayurvedic medicine, contains a significant amount of L‐dopa (4%–6%), the primary ...
Hammoud F, Ismail A, Zaher R, El Majzoub R, Abou-Abbas L.   +4 more
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Mucuna pruriens cannot develop phytoremediation of tebuthiuron in agricultural soil with vinasse: a morphometrical and ecotoxicological analysis. [PDF]

Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 2023
Pesticides offer stakeholders cost-effective solutions to control weeds. Nevertheless, such active compounds can manifest as severe environmental pollutants when escaping from agroecosystems into surrounding natural ecosystems, driving the need to ...
Frias YA, Lima EW, Aragão MB, Nantes LS, Moreira BRA, Cruz VH, Tomaz RS, Lopes PRM.   +7 more
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Physicochemical and functional properties of seed flours obtained from germinated and non-germinated Canavalia gladiata and Mucuna pruriens. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
C. gladiata and M. pruriens are underutilized legumes available in Sri Lanka. The physicochemical and functional properties of germinated and non-germinated flours from these two legumes were investigated. Protein contents of the flours of C.
Hettiarachchi HACO, Gunathilake KDPP.
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Effects of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. and Levodopa in Improving Parkinson's Disease in Rotenone Intoxicated Mice. [PDF]

Curr Issues Mol Biol
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second leading neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. (MP) is a plant that contains Levodopa (L-DOPA) and has been known to improve the symptoms of PD.
Zaigham SB, Paeng DG.
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