Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 The Evolution, Ecology, and Cultivation of Ginkgo biloba 7 -- Peter Del Tredici -- 2 Ginkgo biloba L.: Aspects of the Systematical and Applied Botany 25 -- Volker Melzheimer and Johannes J. Lichius -- 3 Lignification of Xylem Cell Walls of Ginkgo biloba 49 -- Noritsugu Terashima and Kazuhiko Fukushima -- 4 Cultivation of Ginkgo biloba on a Large Scale 63 -- Dominique Laurain -- 5 Plant Cell Biotechnology of Ginkgo 81 -- Danielle Julie Carrier and Dominique Laurain -- 6 Ginkgo biloba - Large Scale Extraction and Processing 99 -- Joe O'Reilly -- 7 Chemical Constituents of Ginkgo biloba 109 -- Andreas Hasler -- 8 A Personal Account of the Early Ginkgolide Structural Studies 143 -- Koji Nakanishi -- 9 Chemical Analysis of Ginkgo Terpene Trilactones 151 -- Teris A. van Beek -- 10 The Analysis of Ginkgo Flavonoids 179 -- Otto Sticher, Beat Meier and Andreas Hasler -- 11 Occurrence and Analysis of Alkyl Phenols in Ginkgo biloba 203 -- Luisella Verotta, Paolo Morazzoni and Federico Peterlongo -- 12 Occurrence and Analysis of Ginkgo Polyprenols 215 -- Hoon Huh -- 13 Considerations in the Development of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia's -- Monograph on Ginkgo biloba L. 229 -- V. Srini Srinivasan -- 14 Industrial Quality Control of Ginkgo Products 245 -- Fabrizio F Camponovo and Fabio Soldati -- 15 History, Development and Constituents of EGb 761 267 -- Katy Drieu and Hermann Jaggy -- 16 In Vitro Studies of the Pharmacological and Biochemical Activities -- of Ginkgo biloba Extract (EGb 761) and its Constituents 279 -- Francis V DeFeudis and Katy Drieu -- 17 In Vivo Studies of the Pharmacological and Biochemical Activities -- of Ginkgo biloba Extract (EGb 761) and its Constituents 303 -- Katy Drieu and Francis V DeFeudis -- 18 The Neuroprotective Properties of Ginkgo Extracts 331 -- Cynthia L. Darlington, Paul F. Smith and Karyn Maclennan -- 19 Ginkgo biloba Extracts for the Treatment of Cerebral Insufficiency -- and Dementia 345 -- Joerg Schulz, Peter Halama and Robert Hoerr -- 20 Clinical Uses of Ginkgo biloba Extract in the Field of Peripheral -- Arterial Occlusive Disease (PAOD) 371 -- Bernard Bulling, Norbert Clemens and Volker Dankers -- 21 Efficacy of Ginkgo biloba Special Extracts - Evidence from -- Randomized Clinical Trials 385 -- Martien C.J.M. van Dongen, Erik van Rossum and Paul Knipschild -- 22 Adverse Effects and Toxicity of Ginkgo Extracts 443 -- Herman J. Woerdenbag and Peter A.G.M. De Smet -- 23 Food Poisoning by Ginkgo Seeds: The Role of 4-O-Methylpyridoxine 453 -- Keiji Wada -- 24 Homeopathic Uses of Ginkgo biloba 467 -- Frans M. van den Dungen -- 25 Cosmetical Uses of Ginkgo Extracts and Constituents 475 -- Ezio Bombardelli, Aldo Cristoni and Paolo Morazzoni -- 26 Patents of Ginkgo biloba and its Constituents 491 -- Marian A.J.T. van Gessel -- 27 The Marketing and Economic Aspects of Ginkgo biloba Products 517 -- Gopi Warrier and Amy Corzine -- 28 The Ginkgo, Past, Present and Future 523 -- Yves Christen.