ginkgolide

Also known as ginkgolides

thumb|Chemical structure of gingkolide B

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Within Vinony's link graph, ginkgolide is referenced by 159 other articles, and connects out to geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, picrotoxin and lactone.

It is catalogued under topics including Cyclopentanes, Diterpenes and Gamma-lactones.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

1,699 papers

Ginkgolide B increases healthspan and lifespan of female mice.Nature aging · 2025
Ginkgolide B alleviates oxidative stress and ferroptosis by inhibiting GPX4 ubiquitination to improve diabetic nephropathy.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
[Ginkgolide B: mechanisms of neurobiological effects, prospects for use in the therapy of Alzheimer's disease].Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova · 2024
Therapeutic promises of ginkgolide A: A literature-based review.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2020
Ginkgolide B Inhibits EMT and Promotes Pyroptosis in Gastric Cancer via AKT/mTOR Pathway.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Examples
Ginkgolide A
Ginkgolide B
Ginkgolide C
Background
Potential applications
Spectroscopic studies for the elucidation of the individual structures for the ginkgolides
Biosynthesis of ginkgolide B
See also
References

thumb|Chemical structure of gingkolide B

Ginkgolides are biologically active terpenic lactones present in Ginkgo biloba. They are diterpenoids with 20-carbon skeletons, which are biosynthesized from geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate.

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