China Bacopa Monnieri Extract
Latin Name: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.
Useful Parts: The whole herb.
Appearance: Brown powder
Testing Method: HPLC
Specification: Bacopaside 20%
Active Ingredient: Bacopaside, Bacoside A, B
Botanical Description: It is a glabrous somewhat succulent, creeping herb, rooting at the nodes, with numerous prostrate branches, each 10-30 cm long; Leaves oblong to spathulate, sessile, decussate, rather fleshy, entire, punctuate, obtuse; Flowers axillary, solitary, peduncles often much longer and deflexed in fruiting stage; Corolla about 1cm long, pale, lobes .It grows in damp, marshy areas.
Used:
1) It is a traditional treatment for epilepsy and asthma. It has antioxidant properties, reducing oxidation of fats in the bloodstream.
2) In reaching, bacosides A enhance antioxidant defenses, increasing superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity.
