The memory enhancing effects of a Ginkgo biloba/Panax ginseng combination in healthy middle-aged volunteers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-361

  Wesnes, K A ^a   Ward, T ^a   McGinty, A ^a   Petrini, O ^a  

^a Cognitive Drug Research Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive function; Computerised cognitive assessments; Ginkgo biloba; Panax ginseng; Secondary memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GK 501;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033662614     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130000533     Document Type: Article

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