Ginkgo and Improved Cognitive Function

• Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in patients with dementia and a history of cerebral infarction-meta-analysis of pooled data from randomised clinical trials.

  • 2026-03-13
  • Systematic Review · n = 488
  • Frontiers in neurology 16
  • • Jing-Xuan Feng
    • Man-Qi Zheng
    • Xue Tian
    • Andrea Zimmermann
    • An-Xin Wang
    • Xia Meng

  • PubMed: 41908799
  • DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1658064

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Cognitive Function

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Significant treatment effects of 240 mg EGb 761 daily versus placebo were found for cognition (p = 0.0467)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  240 mg daily

• Effects of natural extracts in cognitive function of healthy adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

  • 2025-03-27
  • Systematic Review
  • Frontiers in pharmacology 16
  • • Zhi-Yuan Wang
    • Ya-Lu Deng
    • Ting-Yuan Zhou
    • Yi Liu
    • Yu Cao

  • PubMed: 40213691
  • DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1573034

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Cognitive Function

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  CG (Cistanche + Ginkgo biloba) was most effective for executive function (SUCRA: 96.9%).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes