Retention of quality in herbal drugs during drying and storage is of great concern and the information is lacking in an important memory enhancing medicinal herb Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri L.). This is the first ever report on effect of drying methods, packaging materials as well as storage duration on the bacoside A profile and microbiological quality. Freshly harvested herbage was dried with five different methods of drying viz., shade, sun, solar tunnel, cabinet, low cost polyhouse, followed by packing dried herbage for five months duration in different containers viz., polythene lined jute bags, woven polypropylene sacks, corrugated fiber board boxes, and 125 μm thick high density polyethylene containers. Drying of fresh herbage at 50 °C for 12 h in cabinet drier retained the highest bacoside A components compared with all other methods. Solar tunnel drying was the second best method, while conventional shade dried samples recorded lowest bacoside A level. Bacoside A profile in cabinet samples immediately after drying was 4.8 mg/g bacoside A_3, 6.0 mg/g bacopaside II, 5.0 mg/g jujubogenin isomer of bacopasaponin C and 4.6 mg/g bacopasaponin C. Ambient temperature storage (23 ± 2 °C) for five months resulted in loss of bacoside A from the herbage; but packaging in high density polyethylene significantly reduced the loss compared with other packages irrespective of the drying methods. Cabinet dried samples stored in high density polyethylene packages for five months possessed 3.0 mg/g bacoside A_3, 4.1 mg/g bacopaside II, 2.5 mg/g bacopasaponin C and 3.2 mg/g jujubogenin isomer of bacopasaponin C. The microbiological quality was also satisfactory during storage in high density polyethylene container. Thus, the work identified a protocol for hygienic way of drying and packaging of Brahmi to retain the bacosides during storage.

在干燥和储存期间保持草药质量的问题是非常令人关注的问题，并且在增强记忆力的重要草药Brahmi（Bacopa monnieri L.）中缺乏信息。这是有史以来关于干燥方法，包装材料以及储存时间对皂苷A概况和微生物质量影响的首份报告。新鲜收获的牧草用干燥的五种不同的方法干燥即。，遮阳，太阳，太阳能隧道，橱柜，低成本的大棚，随后包装干燥牧草五个月持续时间在不同的容器即，衬有聚乙烯的黄麻袋，聚丙烯编织袋，瓦楞纸箱和125μm厚的高密度聚乙烯容器。与所有其他方法相比，在柜式干燥机中于50°C干燥新鲜牧草12 h保留了最高的Bacoside A成分。太阳隧道干燥是第二好的方法，而传统的阴凉干燥样品记录的最低的皂苷A水平。干燥后立即在柜子样品中的Bacoside A剖面为4.8 mg / g bacoside A _3，6.0毫克/克的紫草苷II，5.0毫克/克的辣椒素C的枣树素异构体和4.6毫克/克的辣椒素C。在室温下保存（23±2°C）五个月，导致草药中的甙B损失。但是与其他包装相比，使用高密度聚乙烯包装大大降低了损耗，而与干燥方法无关。柜中干燥存储在高密度聚乙烯产品的五个月样品具有3.0毫克/克bacoside阿_3， 4.1毫克/克bacopaside II，2.5毫克/克bacopasaponin C和3.2毫克/克jujubogenin bacopasaponin C的异构体的微生物质量也在高密度聚乙烯容器中储存期间令人满意。因此，该工作确定了用于干燥和包装Brahmi的卫生方法的方案，以在储存过程中保留ba节。