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Triterpene saponins from Bacopa monnieri and their antidepressant effects in two mice models
Yun Zhou1, Yun-Heng Shen, Chuan Zhang
1Department of Phytochemistry, College of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
Journal of Natural Products
|March 9, 2007
Abstract:
Three new triterpene glycosides, bacopasides VI-VIII (1-3), together with three known analogues, bacopaside I (4), bacopaside II (5), and bacopasaponsin C (6), were isolated from the whole plant of Bacopa monnieri. Compounds 4, 5, and 6 showed antidepressant activity when tested on forced swimming and tail suspension in mice, respectively.

