whole bean mucuna vs. other mucuna supplement?

any advice...

[pvw2]

I haven't seen this kind of testing for mucuna (velvet beans), but here is the results for fava beans.

See Fig. 3. "The influence of various processing methods on l-DOPA content of faba bean leaves and seeds. Values are means of two experiments and three replications. The bars are representing standard error of the means."

sciencedirect.com/science/a...

[pvw2]

Unlike fava beans, apparently it's better not to eat velvet beans uncooked:

Evaluation of raw and heated velvet beans (Mucuna pruriens) as feed ingredients for broilers.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/104...

[pvw2]

The mucuna supplement has threads on this list. I haven't seen much on velvet beans and don't know if you will get the response you want.

[rescuema]

This article may help you answer the question.

intechopen.com/books/parkin...