title: Review about Ginkgo biloba special extract EGb 761 (Ginkgo).
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 Alzheimer's dementia or vascular dementia or age-associated memory impairment treated with Ginkgo biloba extract, reveals that EGb has reproducible effects on cognitive functions in Alzheimer's disease. The drug is well tolerated.
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Department of Psychiatry, Liebigstr 22, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany. gertzh@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gertz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiefer
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D020441:Ginkgo biloba; D006801:Humans; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000096983:Ginkgo Extract
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; C063170:Ginkgo biloba extract; D000096983:Ginkgo Extract