BACKGROUND The increasingly high incidence of ischemic stroke caused by thrombosis of the arterial vessels is one of the major factors that threaten people's health and lives in the world. The present treatments for thrombosis are still unsatisfactory. Herbal preparations have been used since ancient times for the treatment of several diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate whether h...

A study was conducted to evaluate bacoside (expressed as sum of bacoside A3 and A2) production on a monthly basis in net house grown plants of Bacopa monnieri (accession BM001) collected from Jammu region. Bacoside content differed during the course of the whole year. The whole herb is used commercially for extracting the memory enhancing molecule bacosides from the plant. The study significant...

Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri) is a medicinal herb containing bioactive compounds (Bacosides) in the saponin group that enhances memory and prevents dementia. not favored for cooking because it very bitter. Nowadays, most people consume as supplementary food, which makes more expensive than consuming food form, getting fibers other nutrients. Currently, there are only few studies work to alleviate Br...

Bacopa monniera is a traditional Ayurvedic herbal medicine used to treat various mental ailments from ancient times. Recently, chemically standardized alcoholic extract of Bacopa monniera (BM) has been developed and currently available as over the counter herbal remedy for memory enhancement in children and adults. However, the consumption of herbal drugs has been reported to alter the expressi...

The study was carried out to investigate the anticonvulsant effects of different extracts of Bacopa monnieri (BM) against Pentylenetetrazole induced-epilepsy, with special reference to cholinergic metabolism of functionally different skeletal muscles. Rats were divided into eight groups consisted of six rats in each group. (a) control rats treated with saline, (b) PTZinduced epileptic group (60...

In this 28-day, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 100 adults with self-reported poor sleep received either a placebo or standardised Bacopa monnieri extract (150 mg twice daily). Outcome measures included the Bergen Insomnia Scale (primary outcome measure), Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Diary, Short Form-36 Health Survey, and Depression, Anxiety, Stres...