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...

Free radicals mediated oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of smoking-related diseases and antioxidant nutrients are reported to prevent the oxidative damage induced by smoking. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidant role of bacoside A (triterpenoid saponin isolated from Bacopa monniera) against chronic cigarette smoking induced oxidative dam...

Objective: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most neurodegenerative disorder. Bacopa monnieri (BM), an Indian herb extensively used in Ayurveda, used in treatments related to neurological complications was used now in our study. Methods: In the present experiment, rats were divided into four groups of six in each group: group 1 received saline water, group 2 received rotenone (RT) through ...

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...

The demand for herbal raw material has increased tremendously due to renewed interest in plant-based medicines, especially in developed countries. This has led to the indiscriminate cutting and collection of medicinal plants from natural resources resulting in depletion of natural resources and in some cases extinction of species. In the recent past, aseptically grown raw material and cell cult...