The need for establishing identities of 'bacoside A and B', the putative major bioactive saponins of Indian medicinal plant Bacopa monnieri

Phytomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 264-268

  Deepak, M ^a   Amit, A ^a  

^a Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; BACOSIDE A; BACOSIDE B; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACOPA MONNIERI; COLORIMETRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; GRAVIMETRY; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACOPA; BACOPA MONNIERI;

EID: 1542348602     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-7113-00351     Document Type: Article

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