Distribution of Vicine, Convicine and Levodopa in Faba Bean Plant Tissues Determined by UltraHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Faba bean is an emerging pulse crop for the Canada Prairies and is becoming an increasingly important source of plant sourced protein. It also has a high content of levodopa (up to 0.1 % of the dry seed weight), a nutraceutical compound for treating Parkinson's Disease (PD). The presence of pyr...

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Main Authors: Devini De Silva, Yong Liu, Mark A Smith, Albert Vandenberg, Haixia Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-05-01
Series:Journal of Chromatography Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772391724000148