Research · Meta-analysis
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on cognitive effects of Bacopa monnieri extract
What it found
Improved processing speed (choice reaction time ~10.6 ms faster, Trail-B ~17.9 ms faster); benefit was concentrated in speed of attention, with calls for larger trials.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Year
- 2014
- Sample size
- 437
- Population
- adults across 9 RCTs (healthy and some impaired)
- Intervention
- standardized Bacopa monnieri extract (~300 mg/day) for ~12 weeks
- Outcome
- cognitive test performance (attention/processing speed, memory)
- Journal
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.