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Possible Interaction: Catechin and Levodopa

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Catechin

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

4) … of Levodopa required … groups C and E was significantly reduced after treatment (P < 0.05), while in groups D and F, it was unchanged (P > 0.05); …, the further analysis displayed that significant reduction only presented in group C (P < 0.05), not in the other three groups.
Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Zhongguo Zhongxiyi jiehe zazhi = Chinese journal of integrated traditional and Western medicine  •  2009  |  View Paper
While both tea catechins and quercetin strongly inhibit human liver catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT)-mediated O-methylation of L-DOPA in vitro, only (+)-catechin exerts a significant inhibition of L-DOPA methylation in both peripheral compartment and striatum in rats.
Brain Research  •  2013  |  View Paper
Catechin can enhance L-dopa bioavailability, and both catechin and green tea essence decreased 3-OMD formation.
In conclusion, catechin and green tea essence can significantly affect the metabolism of L-dopa by the COMT metabolic pathway.
Results indicated that catechin at doses of 10, 20, and 50 mg/kg increased the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to the time of the last quantifiable concentration (AUC0-t ) of L-dopa by about 69%, 78%, and 42%, respectively.
Biomedical chromatography : BMC  •  2021  |  View Paper