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Treatment of Old Age Disorders with Ginkgo Biloba Extract

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Ginkgo biloba extract is prescribed in psychic and behavioural disorders of the elderly, in peripheral vascular deficiency and in functional disorders of ischaemic origin in the E.N.T. and eye areas.

Numerous controlled clinical trials justify these prescriptions and are in agreement with the pharmacological data currently available. Experimentally, Ginkgo biloba extract has proved active on the circulatory and rheological functions, on neuronal metabolism threatened by ischaemia or hypoxia, on neurotransmission and on membrane lesions caused by free oxygenated radicals.

Concerning Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, no firm conclusion can he drawn for the time being due to the lack of animal model. However, experimental data suggest that the product may act on a number of major elements of these diseases.

From what is already known about Ginkgo biloba extract, it appears that it, fulfills the conditions laid down by the W.H.O. concerning the development of drugs effective against cerebral ageing.

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Allard, M. (1988). Treatment of Old Age Disorders with Ginkgo Biloba Extract. In: Fünfgeld, E.W. (eds) Rökan. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73686-5_21

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