Schwabe Pharmaceuticals Release: Ginkgo Extract EGb 761(R) Promotes New Nerve Connections in the Brain

KARLSRUHE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--US scientists have shown that the Ginkgo extract EGb 761® promotes the formation of new nerve cells and new cell connections in the hippocampus, the brain’s memory center. According to Professor Yuan Luo from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the Ginkgo constituents responsible for these effects are quercetin and bilobalide.

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