Experiment 874487
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ginkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE) |
| Citation | WARBURTON,DM:. (1986). CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY OF GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT.. 15(31) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THIS IS A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE PHARMACOLOGICAL, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES PERFORMED WITH AN EXTRACT OF THE TITLE PLANT. THE EXTRACT SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE IN PATIENTS WITH VASCULAR DISORDERS, IN ALL TYPES OF DEMENTIA AND EVEN IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM COGNITIVE DISORDERS SECONDARY TO DEPRESSION, BECAUSE OF ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON MOOD. OF SPECIAL CONCERN ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE DETERIORATION IN THEIR COGNITIVE FUNCTION. THE EXTRACT MIGHT DELAY DETERIORATION AND ENABLE THESE SUBJECTS TO MAINTAIN A NORMAL LIFE AND ESCAPE INSTITUTIONALIZAION. THE EXTRACT SEEMS TO BE A SAFE DRUG, BEING WELL TOLERATED, EVEN IN DOSES MANY TIMES HIGHER THAN THOSE USUALLY RECOMMENDED. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETOH(95%)EXT |