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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Ginkgo biloba: no robust effect on cognitive abilities or mood in healthy young or older adults |
Author: | Burns, N. Bryan, J. Nettelbeck, T. |
Citation: | Human Psychopharmacology, 2006; 21(1):27-37 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 0885-6222 1099-1077 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Nicholas R. Burns; Janet Bryan and Ted Nettelbeck |
Abstract: | Ginkgo biloba extracts are commonly used to prevent or treat memory problems but evidence on the efficacy of ginkgo is equivocal. In any case, the psychological locus of ginkgo's effects is unknown. A 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study assessed effects of ginkgo (120 mg per day) on a wide range of cognitive abilities, executive function, attention and mood in 93 healthy older adults (55-79 years) and in 104 young adults (18-43 years). For the older adult sample, longer-term memory assessed by associational learning tasks showed improvement with ginkgo (d = 0.52, p = 0.04). There was no statistically significant difference on any other measure. For the young adult group no measure showed statistically significant effects of ginkgo enhancement. There were no side effects unequivocally attributable to treatment with ginkgo and those reported by participants in the ginkgo groups were mild and similar to those reported elsewhere. |
Keywords: | Ginkgo biloba cognitive abilities mood young adults older adults |
Description: | Published in Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental, 2006; 21(1):27-37 at www.interscience.wiley.com |
DOI: | 10.1002/hup.739 |
Published version: | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112168188/ABSTRACT |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Psychology publications |
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