Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1 The Evolution, Ecology, and Cultivation of Ginkgo biloba 7
  • Peter Del Tredici
  • 2 Ginkgo biloba L.: Aspects of the Systematical and Applied Botany 25
  • Volker Melzheimer and Johannes J. Lichius
  • 3 Lignification of Xylem Cell Walls of Ginkgo biloba 49
  • Noritsugu Terashima and Kazuhiko Fukushima
  • 4 Cultivation of Ginkgo biloba on a Large Scale 63
  • Dominique Laurain
  • 5 Plant Cell Biotechnology of Ginkgo 81
  • Danielle Julie Carrier and Dominique Laurain
  • 6 Ginkgo biloba - Large Scale Extraction and Processing 99
  • Joe O'Reilly
  • 7 Chemical Constituents of Ginkgo biloba 109
  • Andreas Hasler
  • 8 A Personal Account of the Early Ginkgolide Structural Studies 143
  • Koji Nakanishi
  • 9 Chemical Analysis of Ginkgo Terpene Trilactones 151
  • Teris A. van Beek
  • 10 The Analysis of Ginkgo Flavonoids 179
  • Otto Sticher, Beat Meier and Andreas Hasler
  • 11 Occurrence and Analysis of Alkyl Phenols in Ginkgo biloba 203
  • Luisella Verotta, Paolo Morazzoni and Federico Peterlongo
  • 12 Occurrence and Analysis of Ginkgo Polyprenols 215
  • Hoon Huh
  • 13 Considerations in the Development of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia's
  • Monograph on Ginkgo biloba L. 229
  • V. Srini Srinivasan
  • 14 Industrial Quality Control of Ginkgo Products 245
  • Fabrizio F Camponovo and Fabio Soldati
  • 15 History, Development and Constituents of EGb 761 267
  • Katy Drieu and Hermann Jaggy
  • 16 In Vitro Studies of the Pharmacological and Biochemical Activities
  • of Ginkgo biloba Extract (EGb 761) and its Constituents 279
  • Francis V DeFeudis and Katy Drieu
  • 17 In Vivo Studies of the Pharmacological and Biochemical Activities
  • of Ginkgo biloba Extract (EGb 761) and its Constituents 303
  • Katy Drieu and Francis V DeFeudis
  • 18 The Neuroprotective Properties of Ginkgo Extracts 331
  • Cynthia L. Darlington, Paul F. Smith and Karyn Maclennan
  • 19 Ginkgo biloba Extracts for the Treatment of Cerebral Insufficiency
  • and Dementia 345
  • Joerg Schulz, Peter Halama and Robert Hoerr
  • 20 Clinical Uses of Ginkgo biloba Extract in the Field of Peripheral
  • Arterial Occlusive Disease (PAOD) 371
  • Bernard Bulling, Norbert Clemens and Volker Dankers
  • 21 Efficacy of Ginkgo biloba Special Extracts - Evidence from
  • Randomized Clinical Trials 385
  • Martien C.J.M. van Dongen, Erik van Rossum and Paul Knipschild
  • 22 Adverse Effects and Toxicity of Ginkgo Extracts 443
  • Herman J. Woerdenbag and Peter A.G.M. De Smet
  • 23 Food Poisoning by Ginkgo Seeds: The Role of 4-O-Methylpyridoxine 453
  • Keiji Wada
  • 24 Homeopathic Uses of Ginkgo biloba 467
  • Frans M. van den Dungen
  • 25 Cosmetical Uses of Ginkgo Extracts and Constituents 475
  • Ezio Bombardelli, Aldo Cristoni and Paolo Morazzoni
  • 26 Patents of Ginkgo biloba and its Constituents 491
  • Marian A.J.T. van Gessel
  • 27 The Marketing and Economic Aspects of Ginkgo biloba Products 517
  • Gopi Warrier and Amy Corzine
  • 28 The Ginkgo, Past, Present and Future 523
  • Yves Christen.