Ginkgo and Improved Global Clinical Status

• Ginkgo biloba for cognitive impairment and dementia.

  • 2026-02-05
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 9,783
  • The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2026(2)
  • • Lisa S Wieland
    • Emilie Ludeman
    • Yuan Chi
    • Termeh M Feinberg
    • I-Hui Chen
    • Kee-Hsin Chen
    • Yanan Zhu
    • Emma Wolverson
    • Hakima Amri

  • PubMed: 41641880
  • DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd013661.pub2

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Global Clinical Status

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  low-certainty evidence suggests that people taking ginkgo may have better global clinical status on a six-point Likert scale (lower is better; MD -0.06, 95% CI -1.00 to -0.20; I² = 88%; 5 studies, 1359 participants)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes