Ginkgo biloba
In a 24-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, the leaf extract EGb 761 eased the agitation, apathy and anxiety that can accompany memory decline.
What the evidence shows
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Added to standard care in a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, ginkgo extract lowered scores on the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms.
In brain immune cells challenged in the laboratory, the whole-leaf extract EGb 761 calmed the inflammatory response.
Over 24 weeks after stroke, ginkgo extract raised the language score of a standard cognitive test by 0.45 points against 0.09 on the comparison treatment.
Bilobalide, one of ginkgo's terpene lactones, switches on the energy sensor and SIRT1 beneath it in an animal model of joint degeneration.
Silence the gene in cells and fat piles up again - the reciprocal test.
Lowered platelet activating factor in a randomized trial, upstream of the clot, with bleeding measures intact.
A standardized ginkgo extract in clinical use for dementia.
Where it appears
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- ALZ (Memory Preservation)
- Autonomous (Executive Command)
- Autophagy Activator (Cellular Self-Renewal)
- Ceramide Blocker (Lipotoxicity Neutralizer)
- Ecstatic (Nervous System Stand-Down)
- Endurance Eternal (Pigment Preservation)
- Female Fertility (Oocyte Competence)
- Force Field (Genomic Radioprotection)
- Lipolytic (Stored-Fat Mobilization)
- Lung Power (Respiratory Capacity)
- Male Fertility (Seminal Quality)
- NRF2 Activator (Endogenous Antioxidant Induction)
- Ocular (Retinal & Macular Support)
- Rewire (Total Brain Reset)
- SIRT1 Activator (Caloric-Restriction Mimetic)
- Thrombolytic (Hemostatic Balance)
- Trinity (Mind Body Spirit Harmonizer)