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Ginkgo biloba and Alzheimer's disease
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Ginkgo biloba and Alzheimer's Disease:
Overview
"Does ginkgo help?"
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Alzheimer's Disease was discovered and named by the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer in 1907. Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive
irreversible neurodegenerative dementia
that is often age-related
and undermines cognitive capability, changes personality, and causes behavioral disorders. Alzheimer's Disease is the most common form of
dementia, especially among aging population. In the US, 2-4 million people have Alzheimer's Disease, and the numebr is projected to grow
up to 14 millions by the year 2050 as the entire population is aging.
Dementia is a blanket term wrapping over 70 different types of diseases that are often categorized by the causes
such as degenerative dementia (Alzheimer's Disease, Pick's Disease, etc), traumatic dementia (Dementia pugilistica or boxer's dementia, etc),
toxic dementia (alcoholic dementia, etc), infectious dementia (Creutzfeldt-Jokob Disease, etc), vascular dementia (multi-infarct dementia, etc),
and anoxic dementia (dementia in cardiac arrest, etc).
Alzheimer's Disease is a disease, not a normal part of aging, and individuals as young as 30 have been diagnosed to have Alzheimer's Disease,
although the majority of people with Alzheimer's Disease are over the age of 65. Often, the first signs of Alzheimer's Disease are subtle
changes
in behavior and mental abilities such as memory problems, difficulty in understanding in verbal communication, difficulty in making
decisions, and changes in emotion and mood. Click here to see the details on
the signs or symptoms of the progression of Alzheimer's Disease. Currently, the cause and cure of this disease is not known. However, two
things are clear:
Alzheimer's Disease is more likely to develop as people age, and it is more likely to occur to people with family history of
Alzheimer's Disease. The cause of Alzheimer's Disease is multifactorial, involving genetic and environmental factors.
An interesting report summarizes the correlation between the mental capability
and various other prognostic factors with the likelihood of the development of Alzheimer's Disease.
Studies on the therapeutic effects of Ginkgo biloba
While there is still no cure for Alzheimer's Disease, Ginkgo biloba
has been touted in the market for decades as an effective phytomedicine
to prevent this fatal disease. This claim was considered unsupported until the studies in 1990's demonstrated that Ginkgo biloba leaf
extract could indeed have therapeutic potential in slowing Alzheimer's Disease [Hofferbach, B. (1994) The efficacy of EGb 761 in
patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type: A double blinded, placebo-controled study on different levels of investigation.
Hum. Psychopharmacol. 9:215-222.], and in early stages of Alzheimer's Disease [Kanowski, S. et al. (1997) Proof of
the efficacy of the Ginkgo biloba special extract EGb 761 in outpatients suffering from mild to moderate dimentia of the
Alzhiemer's type or multi-infarct demnetia. Phytomedicine 4(1):3-13.].
Recent studies such as
Le Bars et al.,
DeFeudis and Drieu,
Stough et al.,
McKenna, Jones, and Hughes,
Watanabe et al.,
Forstl, and
Wettstein
confirmed previous observations of beneficial effects of Ginkgo biloba phytochemicals on Alzheimer's Disease.
Although the seeds of Ginkgo biloba have been most commonly employed in traditional Chinese medicine, in recent years standardized
extracts of the leaves have been widely sold as a phytomedicine in Europe and as a dietary supplement in the United States. The primary
active constituents of the leaves include flavonoid glycosides and unique diterpenes known as ginkgolides; the latter are potent
inhibitors of platelet activating factor. Clinical studies have shown that ginkgo extracts exhibit therapeutic activity in a variety of
disorders including Alzheimer's disease, failing memory, age-related dementias, poor cerebral and ocular blood flow, congestive symptoms
of premenstrual syndrome, and the prevention of altitude sickness. Due in part to its potent antioxidant properties and ability to enhance
peripheral and cerebral circulation, ginkgo's primary application lies in the treatment of cerebrovascular dysfunctions and peripheral
vascular disorders [McKenna DJ, Jones K, Hughes K. (2001) Altern Ther Health Med. 7(5):70-86, 88-90.] After all, Ginkgo biloba's
beneficial role in Alzheimer's Disease appear to be more than just a hype, although by no means it is a cure.
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