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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 L-DOPA

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Chemid
LDOPA
A list of known dosages for L-DOPA
Dosage*Reference
LD50=609 (orl rbt) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=4,000 (orl rat) *
LD50=3,650 (orl mus) Merck 11th Edition
Ubiquitous
No

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Cytisus scoparius Seed -- -- -- *
Euphorbia lathyris Latex Exudate -- 17000.0 -- *
Vicia faba Flower -- 110000.0 -- *
Vicia faba Fruit 2500.0 25000.0 -- ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Vicia faba Seed 1500.0 2500.0 -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Vicia faba Stem -- 34560.0 -- *
Vicia faba Sprout Seedling 500.0 60000.0 -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.