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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:46 am Post subject: Ginkgo contains quercetin!
I didn't realise this!!!! Ginkgo (which I also keep misspelling in my sudden enthusiasm for it) CONTAINS quercetin and kaempferol!!! As per below:
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Biochemical Constituents - Flavonoid glycosides (such as quercetin and kaempferol) and diterpenes - including the terpene structures called ginkgolides (A, B, and C) and bilobalide. Pro-anthocyanidins, hetrerosides, bioflavones (such as sciaopitysin, ginkgetin, isoginkgentin, bilobetin, and ginkgolic acid), essential oil, and tannins.
which would explain why I keep coming across abstracts which discuss quercetin and kaempferol after ingestion of ginkgo. _________________ 1st traceable symptoms Jan 01, last edss by doctor 6.5. Feeling better on ginkgo, salvia, capsaicin, curcumin, scutellaria. Interested in other vascular strengthening herbs; pycnogenol, butcher's broom, horsechestnut, centenella, hersperidin
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:11 am Post subject:
Ha! That's cool news, GG
Quercetin comes from colorful skins: like the dark purple grape, the red apple and red onion. Some of the seeds from the tree are included in the herbal mix...must be colorful!
http://www.arborday.org/treeguide/treeDetail.cfm?id=162
Jeff takes "ginkold"...likes it alot....his tablets are orange-
enjoy,
AC _________________ Husband diagnosed RRMS March 2007
pursuing endothelial healing
Copaxone, Swank, supplements, laughter
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