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Ginkgo biloba doesn't improve cognition in MS patients, study says.

Ginkgo biloba for MS patients

Ginkgo biloba

Many have been the properties and health benefits of Ginkgo biloba that have attracted the attention of most of us in the past years. Ginkgo biloba, a tree known for being among the most resistant  tree species that ever existed on earth, has been claimed to be able to inhibit the progression of human colon cancer cells [8], being effective also in the treatment of dementia [9], and as a pilot study suggested in 2005 even improve cognition in patients of multiple sclerosis (MS), more exactly the study suggested ginkgo biloba improved attention in patients of multiple sclerosis [14].

These raise among multiple sclerosis patients the common believe that Ginkgo biloba would eventually help them to improve cognitive problems associated with the disease. This has been just turn down by a study published in the journal of Neurology [14], according to which Ginkgo biloba does not improve cognitive performance in patients suffering multiple sclerosis. Image left: Ginkgo biloba by ginkgogz under Creative Commons License (CC BY 2.0).

GINKGO BILOBA

Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: Ginkgo
Common name: Ginkgo biloba, 銀杏, イチョウ, pinyin, yín xìng, Hepburn, ichō or ginnan, Maidenhair Tree

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Milk thistle proven ineffective against hepatitis C related liver disease

Scientific research on Milk Thistle

milk thistleSilibinin, a polyphenolic flavonoid also known as silybin [4], is the major active constituent of silymarin and the major biologically active compound of milk thistle [1], a plant that has traditionally been used to treat different ailments and illnesses, due to the properties it exerts and the ability of some of the active constituents found in it, as Silibinin, to be used as an effective chemo-preventive agent in various types of cancer, suppressing cancer cell growth and inhibiting colon cancer stem-like cells [6], being also studied for its inhibitory effects on certain types of breast cancer cells [9,10], and many other anti-neoplastic effects in a variety of in vitro and in vivo cancer models, including skin, breast, lung, colon, bladder, prostate and kidney carcinomas [15]. But this time a study showed for first time how Silymarin was ineffective for the treatment of Hepatitis C. Image: Eran Finkle under CC license (CC by 2.0).

The study was conducted was conducted using a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial at 4 medical centers in the United States, and included 154 persons with chronic Hepatitis C virus infection who were previously and unsuccessfully treated with interferon-based therapy [24].

SYLIBUM MARIANUM

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Sylibum
Common name: Milk thistle, גדילן מצוי,

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Health benefits of Ginkgo biloba

What is Ginkgo biloba?

Ginkgo leaves, yellow leaves of Ginkgo biloba tree under the sunGinkgo biloba is already known for being one of the most resistant  tree species that ever existed on earth, being the living specie left from the ginkgoales, a group from which only fossils are left.

Ginkgo biloba belongs to a  group of trees, the ginkgoales, with an existence on earth dated more than 200 million years ago. Ginkgo biloba has resisted over the years to pests of insects, viruses, bacterias, fungi and many others without perishing, being able to live as long as 1,000 years, but how?

GINKGO BILOBA

Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: Ginkgo
Common name: Ginkgo biloba, 銀杏, イチョウ, pinyin, yín xìng, Hepburn, ichō or ginnan, Maidenhair Tree

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Health benefits of Eugenia jambolana (black plum)

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Do black plums contain anthocyanins?

plum floweringAlso known as Syzygium jambolanum, Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana [2], black plum is a sweet fruit, rich in potassium, magnesium and phosphorus, that is also known for its many medicinal uses, some of them as important as the anti-cancer and anti-viral benefits that its extracts have exerted in some clinical trials and studies.

Eugenia jambolana seeds were used in Ayurvedic treatments to treat diabetic problems, and that's only the beginning, the medicinal uses of black plum fruit and its seeds go beyond, let's see some of them. Image left: Rose Apple flowers (Syzygium jambos) parque ceret sao paulo Brazil by Mauroguanandi under Creative Commons license (CC BY 2.0).

EUGENIA JAMBOLANA

Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Syzygium
Common name: Jambu, Syzygium cumini, Naval pazham, Neredupandu, Jamblang, Jambolan, Jambula, Black Plum, jamun, Damson Plum, Duhat Plum, Jambolan Plum, Java Plum, Portuguese Plum, Syzygium jambolanum, Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana [2].

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  • Grapes and prostate cancer
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