Ginkgo biloba ©Am Ang Zhang 2013
Ginkgo biloba ©Am Ang Zhang 2013
Ginkgo biloba ©Am Ang Zhang 2013
Ginkgo biloba ©Am Ang Zhang 2013
Ginkgo biloba ©Am Ang Zhang 2013
Ginkgo biloba with its romantic botanical history is no longer the Dementia buster it promised to be. (Those who know of the village in Japan Japan
June 3, 2013
Following a government report that the herbal
ingredient Ginkgo biloba causes cancer in lab animals, the nonprofit Center for
Science in the Public Interest is urging the Food and Drug Administration to
prohibit its use in foods and dietary supplements. The watchdog organization
says the FDA should give the industry a reasonable time to comply with such a
directive and then seize whatever products remain on shelves to protect
consumers.
A March report from the National Toxicology Program
found "clear evidence" that Ginkgo caused liver cancer in mice and
"some evidence" that Ginkgo caused thyroid cancer in rats.
Researchers from NTP told the New York Times that the number of cancers found
in the mice exceeded the numbers ever seen before in their lab. While the
supplement industry argued that the NTP used an extract of Ginkgo not used in
supplements sold in the United
States
"It used to be the case that the only problems
associated with Ginkgo were the unfounded and deceptive claims by manufacturers
that it helped memory," said CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson.
"Now we know these make-believe benefits are far outweighed by a real risk
of cancer."
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