Ginkgo extract: A review

Herbals and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 74-80

  Hofbauer, R ^a   Frass, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ginko; Ginko effect; Medical purposes

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGING; ASTHMA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 0036665716     PISSN: 16094573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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