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Plant Bacopa monnieri (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Brahmi; Water Hyssop
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-FORMYL-4-HYDROXY-2H-PYRAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALPHA-ALANINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot not available 630.0 -0.34 Wealth of India.
ASH 0 Shoot not available 19000.0 -1.94 Wealth of India.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BACOGENIN-A1 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BACOGENIN-A2 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BACOGENIN-A3 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BACOGENIN-A4 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BACOSIDE-A 2 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BACOSIDE-B 1 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BETULIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BRAHMINE 2 Plant 100.0 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot not available 2020.0 -0.93 Wealth of India.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot not available 59000.0 -3.04 Wealth of India.
D-MANNITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DOTRIACONTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
FAT 0 Shoot not available 6000.0 -0.77 Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
ANS-Paralytic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ANS-Stimulant 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *