Ginkgo

Author: Peter Crane
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300190476
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 689

Book Description
DIVPerhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its reprieve when people first found it useful about a thousand years ago. Today ginkgo is beloved for the elegance of its leaves, prized for its edible nuts, and revered for its longevity. This engaging book tells the full and fascinating story of a tree that people saved from extinction—a story that offers hope for other botanical biographies that are still being written./divDIV /divDIVInspired by the historic ginkgo that has thrived in London’s Kew Gardens since the 1760s, renowned botanist Peter Crane explores the evolutionary history of the species from its mysterious origin through its proliferation, drastic decline, and ultimate resurgence. Crane also highlights the cultural and social significance of the ginkgo: its medicinal and nutritional uses, its power as a source of artistic and religious inspiration, and its importance as one of the world’s most popular street trees. Readers of this extraordinarily interesting book will be drawn to the nearest ginkgo, where they can experience firsthand the timeless beauty of the oldest tree on Earth./div

Ginkgo Biloba

Author: Teris A vanBeek
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203304942
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 565

Book Description
A present and up-to-date overview of this particular genus, the contents of this volume include a history of its use, biotechnology, extraction of ginkgo leaves and extensive coverage of the ginkolides; their discovery, biosynthesis, chemical analysis, clinical use and pharmacological activity. Other important constituents are also given attention.

Landscaping with Conifers and Ginkgo for the Southeast

Author: Thomas Wilson Cox
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813042480
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A guide to selecting the proper conifer and gingko for the landscapes and climates of the Southeast.

Year of the Ginkgo

Author: Sharon Dilworth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780887486814
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Back-in-print, a novel about a woman who has difficulty facing up to reality. How well do you know your neighbors? How well do you know yourself? Caroline, thrown back on her own resources when she loses her job, focuses her attention on the street where she lives and becomes involved in the goings-on of the neighborhood. Before long she falls in love with her neighbor's husband and builds a fantasy life around him, believing her feelings are returned. It takes the threatened safety of a child to make Caroline see her life as it really is and to realize that she is not the only one on the street who has difficulty facing up to reality.

Ginkgo, Elixir of Youth

Author: Christopher Hobbs
Publisher: Interweave Press
ISBN: 9780961847036
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
Information on how this herb can promote better short-term memory, slow the aging process, improve circulation, and assist in proper immune function.

Some Drugs and Herbal Products

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carcinogenicity testing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This volume of the IARC Monographs provides an assessment of the carcinogenicity of 14 drugs and herbal products. The IARC Monographs Working Group relied on epidemiological studies to evaluate the carcinogenic hazard to humans exposed to the drugs digoxin (widely prescribed for the treatment of chronic heart failure), pioglitazone (used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus), and hydrochlorothiazide (used to treat hypertension). Other agents evaluated included the drugs primidone, sulfasalazine, pentosan polysulfate sodium, and triamterene, and five herbal products (or their components): Aloe vera whole leaf extract, goldenseal root powder, Ginkgo biloba leaf extract, kava extract, and pulegone. In view of the limited agent-specific information available from epidemiological studies, assessments of these agents relied mainly on carcinogenicity bioassays to reach conclusions as to the carcinogenic hazard to exposed humans.

Rökan

Author: E.W. Fünfgeld
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642736866
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
In this compendium the clinical and pharmacological properties of Ginkgo biloba, a standardized drug and the subject of increasing worldwide interest, are closely portrayed. Results of studies are presented here which illustrate the influence of Ginkgo on haemodynamic and rheologic parameters, metabolism and neurotransmitters. In addition to papers reporting on experimental research, data are also presented which provide firm interdisciplinary evidence for its successful therapeutic application, above all in the following indication areas: cerebral insufficiency with accompanying symptoms of dizziness, tinnitus, headache and memory loss, lability of mood and anxious states, and peripheral arterial disease.

Ginkgo and Moon

Author: Lisa Mertins
Publisher: Thomas Allen Publishers
ISBN: 9780395735763
Category : Ginkgo
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A ginkgo tree tries to attract the moon's attention, but the moon is too busy chasing after the sun to notice the humble ginkgo.

Ginkgo Biloba

Author: Stephan Brown
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1603423508
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 35

Book Description
Ginkgo biloba has been proven to improve short-term memory, alleviate allergies, relieve depression, and boost circulation. In Ginkgo Biloba, ginkgo farmer Stephan Brown shows you how to successfully grow ginkgo as a cash crop or for your own use. He also shares his recipes for making a range of healing remedies, from teas, tinctures, and tonics to a hearty and delicious Ginkgo Chicken Stew, which helps the immune system fight off colds and flus.

Inanimate Life

Author: George M. Briggs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942341826
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description