Title: Review About Ginkgo Biloba Special Extract EGb 761 (Ginkgo)
VOLUME: 10 ISSUE: 3
Author(s): H. J.-Gertz and M. Kiefer
Affiliation:University of Leipzig, Department of Psychiatry, Liebigstr. 22, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Keywords:EGb 761, Ginkgo Biloba, Alzheimer, tinnitus
Abstract: Ginkgo biloba extracts (EGb) are well-defined plant extracts. It has several indications as dementia, macula degeneration, tinnitus and winter depression. A review of the current and past literature about older people with Alzheimers dementia or vascular dementia or age-associated memory impairment treated with Ginkgo biloba extract, reveals that EGb has reproducible effects on cognitive functions in Alzheimers disease. The drug is well tolerated.
