Dangshen (Codonopsis pilosula) and Bai guo (Gingko biloba) enhance learning and memory

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 52-56

  Singh, Betsy ^a   Song, Howin ^b   Liu, Xiao Dong ^f   Hardy, Mary ^c,d   Liu, Gan Zhong ^e   Vinjamury, Sivarama P ^f   Der Martirosian, Claudia ^b  

^a S California Univ Hlth Sci (SCU)   (United States)

^b SCU

^c Department of Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^f SCU ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODONOPSIS PILOSULA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL TRIAL; CODONOPSIS PILOSULA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PILL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CODONOPSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CODONOPSIS; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143078422     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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