Experiment 68749
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ginkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE) |
| Citation | ERNST,E: STEVINSON,C:. (1999). GINKGO BILOBA FOR TINNITUS: A REVIEW.. 24(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FIVE CLINICAL TRIALS ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF GINKGO IBLOBA FOR THE TREATMENT OF TINNITUS. WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THE RANDOMIZED TRIALS WERE PLACEBO-CONTROLLED. PATIENTS TAKING GINKGO IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THOSE ON PLACEBO. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT EXTRACTS OF GINKGO BILOBA ARE EFFECTIVE IN TREATING TINNITUS. ONLY ONE STUDY PRODUCED A NEGATIVE RESULT AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE DOSE BEIGN SUBOPTIMAL (2 X 14.6 MG EXTRACT PER DAY). ALL OTHER STUDIES USED MUCH HIGHER DOSES (120-160 MG EXTRACT PER DAY). |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ACETONE EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |