BACOPA MONNIERA
Product No. P15017
Bacopa monnieri (Coastal Waterhyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola, Water hyssop) is a perennial, creeping herb whose habitat includes wetlands and muddy shores.
The leaves of this plant are succulent and relatively thick. The flowers are small and white, with four or five petals. It commonly grows in marshy areas throughout India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and is also found in Florida, Hawaii and other southern states of the USA where it can be grown in damp conditions.
This plant has a number of uses in Ayurveda. It is a traditional treatment for epilepsy and asthma. It has antioxidant properties, reducing oxidation of fats in the bloodstream. Bacopa monnieri is a well known nootropic plant reported for its tranquilising, sedative, cognitive enhancing, hepatoprotective and antioxidant action.
A 1998 study involving rats who were given a dose of bacopa extract showed that anxiolytic activity was enhanced as much as if the drug lorazepam were administered. Furthermore, the treatment exhibited none of the side effects of Lorazepam, such as amnesia.
Its many active compounds include: alkaloids (brahmine and herpestine), saponins (d-mannitol and hersaponin, acid A, and monnierin), flavonoids (luteolin and apigenin). Also in significant amounts: betulic acid, stigmastarol, beta-sitosterol, bacopasaponins (bacosides A, bacosides B, bacopaside II, bacopaside I, bacopaside X, bacopasaponin C, bacopaside N2 and the minor components were bacopasaponin F, bacopasaponin E, bacopaside N1, bacopaside III, bacopaside IV, and bacopaside V).
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