Experiment 874516
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ginkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE) |
| Citation | HINDMARCH,I:. (1986). ACTIVITY OF GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT ON SHORT TERM MEMORY.. 15(31) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 8 HEALTHY FEMALE VOLUNTEERS WERE INCLUDED IN A DOUBLE-BLIND, CROSS-OVER TRIAL COMPARING GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT IN ACUTE AND ASCENDING DOSES(120,140 & 600 MG) WITH A PLACEBO. ONE HOUR AFTER TREATMENT THE SUBJECTS WERE SUBJECTED TO A BATTERY OF TESTS INCLUDING: CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION, CHOICE REACTION TIME, SUBJECTIVE RATING SCALE AND STERNBERG MEMORY SCANNING TEST. NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WITH PLACEBO WERE OBSERVED IN THE FIRST 3 TESTS. IN CONTRAST, SHORT TERM MEMORY ASSESSED BY THE STERNBERG TEST WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED FOLLOWING 600 MG GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT, COMPARED TO PLACEBO. THESE RESULTS DIFFERENTIATE GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT FROM SEDATIVE AND STIMULANT DRUGS AND SUGGEST A SPECIFIC EFFECT ON MEMORY PROCESSES. |
| Dose amount | 600.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETOH(95%)EXT |
| Gender | FEMALE |