Ginkgo biloba
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Baiguoren °×¹ûÈÊ
Baiguorou °×¹ûÈâ
Chaobaiguo ³´°×¹û
Chinese Name (pinyin): Baiguo
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Ginkgo Nut
Specific Name : Semen ginkgo
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in autumn when the seed is ripe, remove from the testa, wash, clean, steam or boiled briefly and dried by baking gently.
Description : Somewhat ellipsoidal, one end relatively acute and the other end obtuse, 1.5 - 2.5cm long, 1 - 2cm wide, about 1 cm thick. Externally yellowish white or pale brownish yellow, smooth with 2 - 3 ribs. Mesotesta (shell) bony and hard. Endotesta membranous. Kernel broadly ovoid or ellipsoidal, one end pale brown and the other end golden yellow. Transverse section yellow, gelatinized in the outer part and pale yellow or pale green in the inner part, starchy with a fissure in the center. Odorless, taste sweet and slightly bitter.
Identification :
Processing : Remove foreign matter and shell from Semen Ginkgo. Break into pieces before use.Nux Ginkgo (stir fry) Stir fry as described under the method for simple stir frying ( Appendix ll D) to scented. Break into pieces before use.
Action : To arrest persistent cough and asthma with profuse expextoration; morbid leukorrhea with whitish discharge; enuresis, frequent urination.
Indication : persistent cough and asthma with profuse expectoration; leukorrhea; enuresis, frequent urination
Precautions : Raw Semen Ginkgo is toxic.
Dosage : 4.5 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated and dry place.
Synonymns for Ginkgo biloba
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Ginkgo biloba
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Ginkgo biloba in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
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Lingyu Ma, Zijian Hu, Weiwei Shen, Yingying Zhang, Guangchao Wang, Bang Chang, Jinkai Lu, Yaning Cui, Huimin Xu, Yun Feng, Biao Jin, Xi Zhang, Li Wang, Jinxing Lin
3D reconstruction and multi-omics analysis reveal a unique pattern of embryogenesis in Ginkgo biloba.
Plant Physiol: 2024;
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Debasis Sen, Sunny Rathee, Vishal Pandey, Sanjay K Jain, Umesh K Patil
Comprehensive Insights into Pathophysiology of Alzheimer's Disease: Herbal Approaches for Mitigating Neurodegeneration.
Curr Alzheimer Res: 2024;
[PubMed:38623983]
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Janet Khatenje Wendo, James Mucunu Mbaria, James Nyabuga Nyariki, Alfred Orina Isaac
Ginkgo biloba attenuated detrimental inflammatory and oxidative events due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in mice treated with melarsoprol.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis: 2024, 18(4);e0012103
[PubMed:38620045]
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Tiantian Li, Quanhe Lv, Chunhui Liu, Chunfei Li, Xiaomin Xie, Wen Zhang
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Molecules: 2024, 29(7);
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EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Vasileios Bampidis, Giovanna Azimonti, Maria de Lourdes Bastos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Maryline Kouba, Marta López-Alonso, Secundino López Puente, Francesca Marcon, Baltasar Mayo, Alena Pechová, Mariana Petkova, Fernando Ramos, Roberto Edoardo Villa, Ruud Woutersen, Paul Brantom, Andrew Chesson, Josef Schlatter, Johannes Westendorf, Yvette Dirven, Paola Manini, Birgit Dusemund
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EFSA J: 2024, 22(4);e8733
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