Kapikachhu seed extract capsule: Brain Health, Vitality and Activity (60 Capsule)

Kapikacchu i.e. Mucuna pruriens is widely known as “velvet bean,” which originally belongs to eastern part of India and China where it is cultivated as vegetable crop. It has been shown that its seeds are potentially of substantial medicinal importance. Kapikacchu belongs to Fabaceae family and it is widely used for aphrodisiac purpose as well as for Parkinson disease. It has lots of pharmacological properties such as hypoglycemic activity, antioxidant activity, aphrodisiac activity, antimicrobial properties and antiparkinsons activity. Parkinson’s disease is treated with the seeds of Mucuna pruriens which is the richest source of Levo-dopa. According to Ayurvedic literature Kapikacchu is used as a potent aphrodisiac, vermifuge and as a geriatric tonic. It is also used for the treatment of menstrual disorder, constipation, oedema, fever and tuberculosis.

It contains unusual nonprotein amino acid 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-l-alanine (L-DOPA). It contains gallic acid, glutathione and betasitosterol. It has bases such as mucunine, ucunadine, prurieninine, and prurienine; pods contain serotonin, and the seeds contain L-DOPA with trace amount of serotonin, bufotenine, nicotine and betacarboline.