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Ginkgo bilobaFinding

Ginkgo biloba has no detected effect on all-cause mortality

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“There was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups in the incidence of malignant brain edema, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, and mortality (P values:.288,.644,.390, respectively).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of Ginkgo diterpene lactone gluconate injection combined with vascular recanalization on patients with large-vessel occlusive cerebral infarction: A clinical observation study.
This finding among the 156 findings on its endpoint

Ginkgo biloba

All-cause mortality

no difference found

Who
Adults with acute large-vessel occlusive cerebral infarction after endovascular recanalisation; all patients also received butylphthalide, statins and standard antithrombotic care; secondary endpoint
Dose studied
5 mL (25 mg ginkgo diterpene lactone) intravenously once daily for 7 days, started within 2 hours after thrombectomy

Moderate evidencePMID 41189159 · 2025

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
7 days

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Medicine
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZB26X2SDA9CQHP082W44C5