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Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Year: 2008 | Volume: 3 | Issue: 4 | Page No.: 302-310
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P.D. Usha

P. Wasim

J.A. Joshua

P. Geetharani

B. Murali

A.S. Mayachari

K. Venkateshwarlu

V.S. Saxena

M. Deepak

A. Amit

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Bacopa monnieri belonging to family Scrophulariaceae has been used since time immemorial by Ayurvedic medical practitioners in India as brain tonic. In the present clinical trial, efficacy of BacoMind®, an enriched phytochemical composition from Bacopa monnieri on cognitive function in children requiring individual education programme was evaluated. Twenty-eight volunteers with Intelligent Quotient between 70-90 were enrolled in the clinical trial. The study was conducted as outpatient procedure in hospital settings with close monitoring. BacoMind® at 225 mg as single oral dose for a duration of four months showed significant change in the baseline value of working memory and short term verbal memory from 5.21±0.32 to 6.38±0.25 (p≤0.05) and 5.33±0.44 to 6.54±0.35 (p≤0.05), respectively in 70.83% of study population. Significant improvement (p≤0.05) was also seen in logical memory, memory related to personal life and also in visual as well as auditory memory. BacoMind® was also found to be well tolerable with no major side effects. The findings of the current study revealed the cognitive enhancing effect of the BacoMind® in children requiring individual education programme.
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P.D. Usha, P. Wasim, J.A. Joshua, P. Geetharani, B. Murali, A.S. Mayachari, K. Venkateshwarlu, V.S. Saxena, M. Deepak and A. Amit, 2008. BacoMind®: A Cognitive Enhancer in Children Requiring Individual Education Programme. Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 3: 302-310.

DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2008.302.310

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jpt.2008.302.310

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