Experiment 962830

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismGinkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE)
CitationWAROT,D: LACOMBLEZ,L: DANJOU: WEILLER,E: PAYAN,C: PUECH,AJ:. (1991). COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACTS ON PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCES AND MEMORY IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS.. 46(1)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTHE EFFECT OF PSYCHOMOTOR AND MNESIC PERFORMANCES OF ACUTE ORAL DOSING WITH THE TITLE PLANT EXTRACT WAS EVALUATED IN 12 HEALTHY FEMALES IN A DUMMY PLACEBO-CONTROLLED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY. TESTS WERE PERFORMED COMPRISING: OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF VIGILANCE, CHOICE REACTION TIME, MEMORY TASKS AND SELF-RATING EVALUATION. TEST SESSIONS TOOK PLACE BEFORE AND 1 HOUR POST-DOSING. NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM PLACEBO WERE OBSERVED ON OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF VIGILANCE, ON CHOICE REACTION TIME OR ON SUJECTIVE RATING OF DRUG EFFECTS. NO DIFFERENCES WERE SEEN BETWEEN TREATMENT ON STERNBERG SCANNING TEST AND PICTURE RECOGNITION. COMPARED WITH BASELINE, FREE RECALL SCORE, WHILE DECREASING UNDER PALCEBO AND THE GINKO PRODUCT, REMAINED THE SAME UNDER THE PRODUCT TANAKAN. IN ORDER TO VERIFY THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE RESULTS, THEY NEED TO BE REPLICATED IN OLDER HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS WITH AGE-ASSOCIATED MEMORY IMPAIRMENT.
Dose amount600.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultINACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitPERSON
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractETOH(30%)EXT