Herbal tea with bacoside loaded saponins: formulation and characterization for food fortification from Bacopa monnieri L.

ABSTRACT: In recent times, there is a renewed interest of herbal tea because of growing consumer awareness for the health benefits of herbal tea consumption in the covid era. Bacopa monnieri is a natural medicine mainly used to enhance nerve impulse transmission, improves memory and mental function as well as the enhancement of other cognitive function because of the presence of triterpenoid saponins and bacoside A. The present experiment was conducted for the development of herbal tea with known health benefits from Bacopa monnieri using different spices or herbal ingredients combinations, i.e., Pepper, cardamom, and ginger to increase its aesthetic properties. A higher sensory score for pepper-brahmi was found superior with 8.71 (colour), 8.43 (aroma), 8.43 (taste), 8.29 (afte

SUBMITTER: Hegde PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9525464 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature