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| | Ginkgo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Ginkgo is a gymnosperm (as opposed to an angiosperm), meaning "naked seed"; its seeds are not protected by a fruit. | | | Ginkgos are also popular subjects for growing as penjing and bonsai; they can be kept artificially small and tended over centuries. | | | Ginkgo has long been cultivated in China; some planted trees at temples are believed to be over 1,500 years old. |
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| | Economic Botany Leaflets |
| | Ginkgo can grow to be 20 to 30 meters in height and 9 meters wide with a trunk size up to 4 meters. | | | Ginkgo is widely used for medication, but there is no government monitoring of the manufacture product as a dietary supplement. | | | The color may vary depending on the type of ginkgo. |
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| | Ginkgo is a slow grower but transplants well in large sizes. | | | Ginkgoes should be planted in deep, loose, well-drained soil in full sun. | | | Ginkgo is regarded as sacred in Japan and was planted in the vicinity of ancient temples. |
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| | Ginkgo - Ginkgo biloba |
| | Ginkgo is considered the oldest tree species to survive on earth, with a history dating back over 200 million years. | | | Most of the ginkgo leaf used to manufacture European products is produced on a farm owned by a German company in South Carolina. | | | Ginkgos have survived over millions of years because of their genetic tenacity. |
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| | Ginkgo biloba Page |
| | Ginkgo trees are found as cultivated trees around the world but apparently are extinct in nature. | | | The Ginkgo is a dioecious plant (separate "male and female" plants) and it prefers a moderate climate and deep, rich well drained soil. | | | It is a member of the Gymnosperms 65 genera and 720 species (naked seed plants) that dominated the earth during the Jurassic period (age of the Dinosaurs). |
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| | GINKGO BILOBA -The Ginkgo Pages-History |
| | Ginkgo, with its spreading rigidly ramified branches and curiously shaped leaves is a tree of great distinction and dignity in appearance. | | | Due to the warm climate in the southeast part Ginkgoes grow naturally in two small mountainous areas on the border between Zhejiang and Anhwei provinces (Tian Mu Shan Reserve - photo left), in Central China in Hubei province and in western China in Guizhou and Sichuan provinces. | | | Ginkgo adiantoides from the Tertiary period (56 million years ago) is remarkably similar to the modern Ginkgo biloba. |
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| | GreenWeb |
| | Ginkgo trees were once widespread in Europe and North America, but were destroyed in most regions during the Ice Age, surviving only in certain regions of China. | | | Ginkgos love full sun and young trees should at first be staked, then watered during dry periods until they reach about 20 feet. | | | Growing Info: Ginkgo trees are quite adaptable, hardy in regions that reach as low as -20 degrees F/-29 degrees C (USDA Zone 5 and up) and will thrive in a variety of soils. |
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| | Ginkgo - Ginkgo biloba |
| | The leaves (Bai Guo Ye) and seeds (Bai Guo) of the Ginkgo have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years. | | | Ginkgo leaf has been used for different geriatric disorders including depression, headache, fatigue, senility, tinnitus and vertigo. | | | The Ginkgo tree is the only surviving member of its ancient family. |
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| | Today ginkgo leaf extracts manufactured in Europe and Asia are used for a wide variety of conditions. | | | Once common in North America and Europe, ginkgo became extinct over much of its range during the Ice Age, though surviving in China. | | | Over the past 20 years ginkgo has become an increasingly well-known medicinal plant worldwide. |
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| | Ginkgo Biloba |
| | Ginkgo Biloba, Jarrow, 120 mg, (2 times 120) 240 Caps. | | | Ginkgo Biloba, California Life, 60 mg, 120 Caps | | | Ginkgo Biloba, Double Strength, Now Foods, 120 mg, 200 Vcaps |
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| | Use caution before combining ginkgo with trazodone, a modified cyclic antidepressant or "mood elevator" that works in a unique way. | | | You can take ginkgo with or without food. | | | Ginkgo biloba's powerful antioxidant and circulation-promoting properties may also be of help in treating the blurring and dimming of vision caused by cataracts. |
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| | Herbal Information Center - Ginkgo Bilboba - Herbs |
| | Care: The ginkgo tree thrives in full sun and average soil. | | | Ginkgo also acts as a powerful antioxidant and contributes to the oxidation of free radicals which are believed to contribute to premature aging and dementia. | | | Ginkgo is gaining recognition as a brain tonic that enhances memory because of its positive effects on the vascular system, especially in the cerebellum. |
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| | Ginkgo biloba |
| | A sludge fraction enriched for ginkgolic acids and biflavones was found to induce death of 50% of the chick embryos at 1.8 mg/egg in a hen's egg test. | | | Preliminary lab and clinical data support use of herbals such as ginseng, ginkgo biloba and garlic, and nutritional supplements to slow aging Rattan 1998 | | | Urine collected for 3 days after Ginkgo biloba leaves taken contains metabolites that account for less than 30% of the flavonoids ingested Pietta 1997 |
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| | Ginkgo Biloba - LifeSource Nutrition |
| | Ginkgo has a long history of medicinal use in traditional Chinese medicine, where the seed is most commonly used. | | | In 1989, a product from Ginkgo Biloba, often used for tinnitus, was the most widely used medicine in West Germany, where more than 5 million prescriptions were written. | | | Ginkgo is generally accepted as a remedy for minor deficits in brain function, such as those that occur with advancing age. |
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| | Ginkgo has been transplanted all over the world and continues to thrive even under adverse conditions, demonstrating its apparent immunity to pollution, insects and disease. | | | Haramaki N. Agarwal S. Kawabata T. Droy-Lefaix MT, Packer L. Effects of natural anti-oxidant Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. | | | Ginkgo biloba is literally a living fossil that has survived virtually unchanged through the various ice ages of prehistory. |
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| | Ginkgo - the maidenhair tree |
| | Also fascinating: a good number of sites advocating use of ginkgo leaf infusions claim that the seeds are toxic. | | | Almost all surviving gymnosperms are conifers - Christmas trees, and so on - but the group also includes cycads (tropical plants rather like palm-trees), and of course the ginkgoes. | | | Seeds of the ginkgo that he collected were sent back to the Netherlands, and this was one of the first oriental trees widely grown in the west as an ornamental shade tree. |
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| | Product Abstract: Ginkgo Biloba |
| | Ginkgolides are unique twenty-carbon terpenes, occurring naturally only in the roots and leaves of Ginkgo biloba. | | | Protection of hypoxia-induced ATP decrease in endothelial cells by ginkgo biloba extract and bilobalide | | | Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 was used in hypoxia experiments with old rats to investigate its ultrastructure-preserving effects on the myocardium. |
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| | Ginkgo biloba |
| | Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' - more dependable golden-yellow fall color, with a broadly pyramidal growth habit at maturity; male, with more compact form, maturing at about 50' tall by 30' wide | | | Ginkgo is a large picturesque tree at maturity, grown for its shade, large size, and bold accent in the landscape. | | | Ginkgo biloba can grow to be a huge, bold-textured, urban-tolerant shade tree that is also one of the oldest trees still living on Earth, actually a deciduous gymnosperm by botanical classification. |
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http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/TMI/Plantlist/gi_iloba.html
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| | Ginkgo Biloba Extract |
| | Ingredients: Ginkgo Biloba, Catalyst Altered Water, Natural Vegetable Glycerin. | | | Today, ginkgo is the subject of widespread scientific inquiry for its ability to increase circulatory oxygenation to brain cells as well as other body areas. | | | The most ancient of all trees, ginkgo is native to areas of the far east and is a favorite of Chinese practitioners for the treatment of respiratory disorders. |
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| | Ginkgo Biloba |
| | Ginkgo biloba is the oldest species of tree known. | | | Ginkgo increases the productions of adenosine triphosphate (ATP, the universal energy molecule). | | | Ginkgo biloba is used to improve cerebral circulation, mental alertness, and overall brain functioning. |
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| | 101 GINKGO BILOBA: Ginkgo index page |
| | Le Ginkgo biloba (Linné) est présenté dans tous ses aspects, surtout botanique (feuille), historique et étymologique. | | | Ginkgo biloba is one of the most unique trees on the planet today |
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| | GINKGO BILOBA Index page |
| | The Ginkgo tree is also called the Maidenhair Tree because its leaves closely resemble those of the Maidenhair Fern. | | | Ginkgo trees grow well in the city, being able to tolerate city dust and pollution. | | | Ginkgo tree was discovered in China in 1690 by Kaempfer who wrote the first scientific description of this tree. |
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| | Pharmanex BioGinkgo 27/7 Ginkgo Biloba Dietary Supplement |
| | Commonly found growing under adverse conditions, Ginkgo trees are known for their adaptability and resistance to disease. | | | In the Far East, Ginkgo has been used as a healthpromoting supplement for over 3,000 years. | | | BioGinkgo® 27/7 is a natural dietary supplement for the maintenance of healthy cognitive performance and circulatory health.* Today, Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) is one of the most widely used botanicals in the world and the focus of extensive scientific research, including over 400 published studies and reports. |
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| | Ginkgo Biloba Price Info |
| | With over 1,000 published research studies to date, Ginkgo Biloba is one of the most well known, well-documented nutritional supplements available. | | | Ginkgo's partner, Phosphatidyl Choline is also a major source of acetyl choline. | | | Preliminary study results indicate Ginkgo Biloba may also slow the onset of Alzheimer's disease. |
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| | Ginkgo Biloba |
| | For this reason, ginkgo is often referred to as "the living fossil." A species of the family Ginkgoaceae, it is the only one of the family known to have survived the Ice Age. | | | Recently western researchers have been studying ginkgo biloba as a treatment for senility, hardening of the arteries, and as a treatment for oxygen deprivation. | | | Ginkgo biloba extracts are relatively considered safe and free of side effects, though taking very large doses may lead to diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, which can be controlled by reducing the amount consumed. |
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| | Ginkgo biloba |
| | Main active constituents of Ginkgo are a special type of sesquiterpene lactones, ginkgolides. | | | Obviously other constituents such as biflavonoids also have beneficial effects on the circulatory system, however, much of the pharmacological effects of Ginkgo extract is due to ginkgolides. | | | Note: the clinical research on efficacy of Ginkgo all utilized extracts which are standardized to 24% of the heteroside flavonoids. |
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| | Ginkgo biloba - RxList Alternatives |
| | Ginkgo biloba is our oldest species of tree. | | | The average Ginkgo biloba preparation is a 50:1 extract standardized to 24% of the Ginkgo flavone glycosides. | | | In studies, Ginkgo biloba has been reported as demonstrating anti-oxidant abilities with improvements of the platelet and nerve cell functions and blood flow to the nervous system and brain. |
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| | Ginkgo Biloba Supplement Benefits |
| | Ginkgo Biloba is a very powerful herbal product that has been shown to have a number of beneficial attributes. | | | Ginkgo Biloba by this action can also lower blood pressure; and in conjunction with this ability it has also been shown to inhibit platelet aggregation (stickiness). | | | Ginkgo should not be used in children under 12 years of age, Ginkgo is not to be used in case of depressive mood and headache not occurring in relation with demential syndromes since the extract has not yet been sufficiently investigated in these cases. |
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