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Terpene trilactones from Gingko biloba: from ancient times to the 21st century.

Nakanishi K

Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. kn5@columbia.edu

Ginkgolides were always close to my heart. I continue to be strongly attracted to Ginkgo biloba, the ginkgolides and bilobalide. Starting in 1963, I became fascinated by these molecules while working on their isolation and structure elucidation in Sendai. Presumably, due to the ginkgolide studies, I received an invitation to join the faculty at Columbia University. After almost three decades of not touching the ginkgolide project, we have unexpectedly resumed the studies, at this time because of their enigmatic biological effects. This account is a reflection on earlier studies, as well as an outline of our current work.

Published 29 July 2005 in Bioorg Med Chem, 13(17): 4987-5000.
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