Description
Trunature ® Ginkgo Biloba provides you with herbal goodness in a convenient softgel form. Our formula contains a standardized extract for the key phytonutrients, or plant compounds, found in the leaves of the Ginkgo tree.
- Herbal Supplement
- Standardized Extract
Ginkgo biloba is the world’s oldest living species of tree and the only species of its kind left on earth, and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. It’s referred to as a living fossil because it hasn’t changed much in over 200 million years. The ancient trees coexisted with dinosaurs, and a living link to that age. Ginkgo trees have been known to live as long as 4,000 years. 1,2
Ginkgo means “silver apricot” and refers to the apricot-like bodies the tree produces which technically are not fruits but seeds. Biloba means “two-lobed” exemplifying the unique fan-shaped leaves of these trees. 1 Known around the world, common names for Ginkgo biloba include fossil tree, maidenhair tree, Japanese silver apricot, baiguo, and yinhsing.
Today the Ginko biloba tree is extremely rare in the wild, but due to its cultivation in China, humans have helped ensure its survival. Ornamentally, the Ginkgo biloba tree can be seen lining urban streets from Manhattan to Tokyo.2
The use of the Ginkgo biloba tree in herbal practices dates back hundreds of years in traditional Chinese medicine.1 Today herbal supplements with Ginkgo leaf extract provide several key bioactive phytonutrients.
6% TERPENE LACTONES
The leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree contain different kinds of phytonutrients. Phytonutrients can have a role in healthy lifestyles as well. Our formula contains key bioactive plant compounds from Ginkgo leaf extract standardized to 24% flavone glycosides and 6% terpene lactones. Supplementing w
ith trunature ® Ginkgo Biloba is an easy way to incorporate this popular herb into your daily routine.
