Table 1 Quantification of L-dopa and its degradation in seeds of fifty-six accessions of four Mucuna pruriens varieties by HPTLC-densitometry.

From: Levodopa in Mucuna pruriens and its degradation

Acc. No.

Collection location, district

Altitude (m)

Longitude

Latitude

Wild L-dopa (%, dr. wt.)

Wild, SDP (%, dr. wt.)+

EP, L-dopa (%, dr. wt.)

EP, SDP (%, dr. wt.)+

Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens

 3656

Wandoor, Malappuram

65

E 76° 13.662’

N 11° 11.621’

3.42 ± 0.06

1.21 ± 0.00

2.17 ± 0.0014

0.30 ± 0.00

 3666

Erimayur, Palakkad

90

E 76° 34.015’

N 10° 39.409’

2.64 ± 0.00

1.27 ± 0.00

1.54 ± 0.0069

2.88 ± 0.00

 3822

Achenkovil, Kollam

111

E 77° 7.267’

N 09° 05.549’

3.37 ± 0.00

1.11 ± 0.00

0.84 ± 0.0087

2.93 ± 0.0243

 3911

Payannur, Kannur

63

E 75° 5.844’

N 12° 18.416’

3.49 ± 0.00

0.34 ± 0.00

1.44 ± 0.00

3.27 ± 0.00

 3912

Kappad, Kozhikode

1

E 75° 42.833’

N 11° 23.599’

1.63 ± 0.00

1.15 ± 0.00

1.04 ± 0.00

3.34 ± 0.00

 4072

Mathur, Palakkad

125

E 76° 33.646’

N 10° 44.656’

3.51 ± 0.00

2.05 ± 0.00

0.58 ± 0.00

1.77 ± 0.0134

 4077

Panathur, Kasaragod

123

E 75° 22.719’

N 12° 29.267’

2.34 ± 0.00

0.41 ± 0.00

2.54 ± 0.00

0.67 ± 0.00

 4088

Malampuzha, Palakkad

135

E 76° 43.374’

N 10° 49.401’

3.03 ± 0.0014

0.15 ± 0.00

3.30 ± 0.0071

0.36 ± 0.00

 4090

Elavenchery, Palakkad

93

E 76° 39.091’

N 10° 35.758’

0.97 ± 0.00

2.75 ± 0.00

2.93 ± 0.00

0.45 ± 0.00

 4091

Pulpally, Wayanad

802

E 76° 09.662’

N 11° 47.655’

1.66 ± 0.00

2.96 ± 0.00

2.12 ± 0.0027

0.00 ± 0.00

 4098

Pala, Kottayam

240

E 76° 38.660’

N 09° 44.285’

2.60 ± 0.00

0.79 ± 0.00

4.32 ± 0.0497

0.00 ± 0.00

 4100

Muthalamada, Palakkad

143

E 76° 45.530’

N 10° 36.595’

0.95 ± 0.00

3.19 ± 0.00

2.83 ± 0.0035

0.65 ± 0.00

 4101

Madavoor, Kozhikode

60

E 75° 44.110’

N 11° 21.523’

3.03 ± 0.00

0.58 ± 0.00

1.22 ± 0.00

3.16 ± 0.00

 4283

Govindapuram, Palakkad

157

E 076° 49.002’

N 10° 36.866’

6.42 ± 0.0034

0.00 ± 0.00

1.21 ± 0.0024

2.16 ± 0.0320

 4290

Changanassery, Kottayam

90

E 076° 32.247’

N 09° 26.386’

2.61 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

3.99 ± 0.00

0.11 ± 0.00

 4292

Mala, Thrissur

46

E 076° 16.015’

N 10° 14.592’

2.86 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

3.32 ± 0.00

0.45 ± 0.00

 4448

Thamarassery, Kozhikode

14

E 075° 54.801’

N 11° 23.099’

3.01 ± 0.00

1.60 ± 0.00

1.14 ± 0.00

2.73 ± 0.00

 4449

Umathoor, Malappuram

56

E 076°04.949’

N 11° 01.920’

2.27 ± 0.00

0.71 ± 0.00

2.89 ± 0.00

0.58 ± 0.00

 4450

Koothattukulam, Ernakulam

52

E 076°35.763’

N 09° 52.641’

0.89 ± 0.00

2.45 ± 0.00

1.04 ± 0.00

2.93 ± 0.00

 4498

Karyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram

15

E 076° 52.386’

N 08° 33.038’

6.11 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.00

3.05 ± 0.0065

0.64 ± 0.0059

 4503

Alappuzha, Alappuzha

10

E 076°19.185’

N 09° 29.106’

1.78 ± 0.00

3.85 ± 0.00

2.50 ± 0.00

1.15 ± 0.00

Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta

 3820

Pullupara, Idukki

755

E 76° 58.242’

N 09° 33.280’

4.27 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

*

*

 4099

Silent Valley, Palakkad

827

E 76° 30.764’

N 11° 04.431’

1.01 ± 0.00

1.14 ± 0.00

*

*

 4282

Ponmudi, Thiruvananthapuram

256

E 77° 05.504’

N 08° 43.613’

3.29 ± 0.00

1.40 ± 0.00

*

*

Mucuna pruriens var. utilis

 4446

Thamarassery, Kozhikode

66

E 075°54.967’

N 11° 22.835’

2.67 ± 0.0033

0.35 ± 0.00

3.70 ± 0.00

0.00 ± 0.00

 4456

Malampuzha, Palakkad

120

E 076°39.261’

N 10° 52.333’

0.98 ± 0.00

0.12 ± 0.00

3.97 ± 0.00

0.14 ± 0.00

 4502

Ambalapuzha, Alappuzha

68

E 076°25.139’

N 09° 20.235’

0.65 ± 0.00

2.88 ± 0.00

1.33 ± 0.00

0.77 ± 0.00

 4504

Cherthala, Alappuzha

65

E 076 ° 19.487’

N 09 ° 41.423’

0.97 ± 0.00

3.82 ± 0.00

2.22 ± 0.00

0.00 ± 0.00

 4505

Cherthala, Alappuzha

65

E 076 ° 19.487’

N 09 ° 41.423’

1.09 ± 0.00

3.26 ± 0.00

3.36 ± 0.00

0.07 ± 0.00

Mucuna pruriens var. thekkadiensis

 4147

Thekkady, Idukky

860

E 77° 10.027’

N 09° 35.572’

4.34 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

*

*

  1. SDP - Second Degradation Peak; +SDP % calculated based on L-dopa standard curve; EP - Experimental Plot; *Fruiting absent in FGB grown accessions. Each percentage value is an average of six values.