What are the effects of ginkgo leaves?

1. Antioxidant

Ischemia, impaired blood circulation, is a common underlying condition of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Ginkgo leaf extract has cardiovascular protective effects thanks to its antioxidant effects, anti-platelet aggregation and increased blood flow through the release of nitric oxide and prostaglandin.

2. Mental health

Ginkgo leaves reduce nerve cell death. This is considered one of the main causes of neurodegenerative diseases and thus helps reduce Alzheimer's disease. Ginkgo leaves have also been reported to improve cerebral blood flow by stimulating norepinephrine secretion and increase longevity.

3. Cardiovascular protection

Ginkgo leaf extract has cardiovascular protective effects thanks to its antioxidant effects, anti-platelet aggregation and increased blood flow through the release of nitric oxide and prostaglandin.

4. Improve memory

Stress is associated with increased glucocorticoid levels and subsequent memory dysfunction, increased anxiety, decreased immunity, gastrointestinal disorders, myocardial infarction, or effects such as hypervigilance. . Ginkgo leaves can help improve mood, thus leading to antidepressant activity. The memory-enhancing effect of Ginkgo leaf extract is due to preventing nerve cell degeneration.

5. Anti-cancer

The disease has a factor origin involving changes in gene expression and aberrations in cell signaling pathways. Ginkgo leaf extract is known to have chemopreventive effects to varying degrees with antioxidant, antibiotic and gene expression influencing properties.