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Details: Economic use:
Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean) is used as a human and animal food. Seeds are also used medicinally for conditions including snakebite, Parkinson's disease, and diabetes, for which animal studies have provided supporting evidence (e.g., Kasture et al. 2009, Fung et al. 2010, Majekodunmi et al. 2011); seed extract contains L-DOPA but in an animal model of Parkinson's disease is more effective and less toxic than purified L-DOPA (Kasture et al. 2009). Young fruits and leaves cooked and eaten (Facciola 1998).
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