SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
ADJUNCTIVE USE
DRUG INTERACTIONS
SIDE EFFECTS
DOSAGE
CONTAMINATION
RESEARCH
Common Names include ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba, fossil tree, maidenhair tree, Japanese silver
apricot, baiguo, bai guo ye, kew tree, yinhsing (yin-hsing). Extracts are taken from the
ginkgo leaf and are used to make tablets, capsules, or teas. In the past 30 years, methodical
procedures of extraction and standardization among manufacturers and researchers has
allowed the production of a highly concentrated and stable extract, EGb 761, which has
been systematically studied in scientific programs.