Medicinal plants are sources of natural antioxidants. Acting as reducing agents, these substances protect the human body against oxidative stress and slow down aging process. We aimed to study effects bioactive isolated from medicinal on lifespan Caenorhabditis elegans L. used a model organism.
 High-performance liquid chromatography was applied isolate extracts callus, suspension, root cu...

Growing interest in the field of Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) places new obligations on the clinician in practice. To address these new patient needs, it is important to develop cross referral relationships with graduates of accredited CAM schools, and to self educate using reputable resources. To assist in this process, a comprehensive review of Ginkgo biloba, the most well-stu...

For a number of years, there has been speculation about the potential benefit of Parkinson's disease by treatment with Ginkgo biloba. In this case report, my grandfather, who had a known history of Parkinson's, had dramatic improvement after supplementation with ginkgo and a multivitamin-multimineral supplement. Human studies are needed for confirmation.

objective(s):growing evidence indicates that extract of ginkgo biloba (egb) attenuates hippocampal-dependent memory deficit in aged individuals; however, very little is known about the effect of egb on the structure of hippocampus. therefore we examined the egb-induced morphological changes of the cornu ammonis (ca) region in aged rats. materials and methods: sixteen aged male wistar rats, 24 m...

Ginkgo has been a mainstay of traditional Chinese medicine for more than 5000 years. Perhaps the ancient Taoist Monks had some vision of the future of Ginkgo as a brain and memory tonic when they planted it ceremonially in places of honor in their monasteries. They felt that this two lobed, fan-shaped leaf (biloba) represented the two phases of Yin and Yang in Taoist Philosophy. Ginkgo was plan...

Although ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) was shown to have antioxidant effects, little has been reported on the ability to GBE to help endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) resist oxidative stress. The present study evaluated the influence of different concentrations of GBE on superoxide dismutase (SOD) and apoptosis of diabetic peripheral blood EPCs. Twenty-five diabetic patients without any vascula...