Bacopa monniera, a reputed nootropic plant: An overview

Phytomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-317

  Russo, A ^a   Borrelli, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Ayurvedic; Bacopa monniera; Nootropic action; Saponins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; BACOSIDE A; BACOSIDE B; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; EDETIC ACID; IMIPRAMINE; INDOMETACIN; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SELEGILINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; SUCRALFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BACOPA MONNIERI; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; EPILEPSY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IC 50; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LIVER PROTECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BACOPA; BACOPA MONNIERA;

EID: 16344365853     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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