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Bacopa monnieri - Brahmi

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Chemical Composition
==Chemical Composition==
Contains volatile oilsBrahmi contains the alkaloids brahmine, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid herpestine. It contains saponins namely bacosides A and tormentic B. It also contains betulic acid, phenolic acidsstigmasterol, monnierin and hersaponin. Bacosides A and B on hydrolysis gives triterpenoid aglycone bacogenins A and 3%–21% tanninsB respectively.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==

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