Ginkgo leaf extract not only improves the brain, it also works for these ten problems!

Ginkgo - a living fossil in the plant kingdom. It is the oldest relict plant among the gymnosperms left behind after the Quaternary glaciation about 350 million years ago. It not only has beautiful ornamental value, but also has high medicinal value. Therefore, it is known as the "national tree" of China!

Ginkgo leaves are generally not used directly for medicinal purposes, but are used in the form of ginkgo leaf extracts. The ingredients contained in ginkgo leaf extracts include flavonoids, terpenoids, organic acids, alkylphenols and phenolic acids, steroids, and polypentenes. Categories, etc., totaling more than 30 species. The various components of the extract act as a whole, complementing and synergizing each other, and playing a variety of pharmacological effects.

1. Hyperlipidemia
Ginkgo biloba contains flavonoids, lactones, long-chain phenols and other chemical components. The active ingredients of its preparations or extracts can correct microcirculation disorders in hyperlipidemia, significantly reduce serum cholesterol, and improve blood viscosity.

2. Atherosclerosis
Ginkgo leaf extract can greatly reduce the formation of neointima and improve the atherosclerotic state in the treatment of atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetic rats.

3. High blood pressure
Ginkgo leaf extract can simultaneously reduce the adverse effects of blood cholesterol, triglycerides, and very low-density lipoprotein on the human body, reduce blood lipids, improve microcirculation, and inhibit coagulation, thereby promoting significant therapeutic effects on hypertension.

4. Diabetes
Ginkgo leaf extract, the main active ingredients are ginkgo flavonoids and ginkgolides. Through rat modeling experiments, it was found that it can increase insulin levels, weaken insulin resistance, and decrease glycemic index.

5. Cerebral vasospasm
The characteristic of Ginkgo leaf extract's effect on blood vessels is that it can eliminate vasospasm, restore normal circulation function in areas with vascular paralysis, maintain the tension difference between arteries, and facilitate the timely removal of metabolites in the veins.

6. Acute cerebral infarction in the elderly
Flavonoids, lactones, etc. are active substances in Ginkgo leaf extract. These active substances can effectively scavenge free radicals, increase brain blood flow, prevent oxidation, improve brain metabolism, and have certain effects on protecting the brain.

7. Ischemic stroke
Ischemic stroke is often closely related to blood pressure, blood lipids and blood sugar.

Ginkgo flavonoid glycosides can improve neurological function; ginkgolides can protect neurons, promote new neurons in the ischemic peripheral area, and reduce neuron loss; at the same time, ginkgolides also have certain effects on neuronal apoptosis and oxidative stress response. inhibitory effect.

8. Thrombosis
Ginkgo biloba extract can antagonize platelet aggregation caused by platelet activating factor, effectively reduce platelet activity and prevent the occurrence of thrombosis.

9. Antibacterial activity
The flavonoids in Ginkgo leaf extract can denature bacterial proteins or destroy the integrity of cell membranes, causing functional impairment of microorganisms and thus exerting antibacterial effects.

10. Parkinson’s disease
Ginkgo leaf extract can significantly increase the content of dopamine neurotransmitters in the brains of Parkinson's rats and improve the symptoms of movement disorders in PD rat models.

At the same time, Ginkgo leaf extract can effectively inhibit the above-mentioned inflammatory reactions, thereby reducing the damage to dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of rats and playing a brain protective role.