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Plant Bacopa monnieri (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Brahmi; Water Hyssop
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifumitory 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.