Safety evaluation of a standardized phytochemical composition extracted from Bacopa monnieri in Sprague-Dawley rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1928-1937

  Joshua Allan, J ^a   Damodaran, A ^a   Deshmukh, N S ^b   Goudar, K S ^a   Amit, A ^a  

^a Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b Intox Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

BacoMind ; Bacopa monnieri; Bacosides; Median lethal dose; No observed adverse effect level (NOAEL); Nootropic activity

Indexed keywords

BACOMIND; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BACOPA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLVENTS;

BACOPA MONNIERI; RATTUS;

EID: 34547842128     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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