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Ginkgo Herbal Medicines May Increase Seizures in People With Epilepsy
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The ACS' Journal of Natural Products reports growing scientific evidence that Ginkgo may increase the risk of seizures in people with epilepsy and could reduce the effectiveness of anti-seizure drugs. ...
Last Updated: Feb 16 04:21:42, 2010

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/acs-ghm012710.php

The ACS' Journal of Natural Products reports growing scientific evidence that Ginkgo may increase the risk of seizures in people with epilepsy and could reduce the effectiveness of anti-seizure drugs. It also suggests that Ginkgo may have harmful effects in other people after eating raw or roasted Ginkgo seed or drinking tea prepared from Ginkgo leaves. Scientific concern focuses mainly on one chemical compound in the herb, ginkgotoxin which seems to alter a chemical signaling pathway in ways that may trigger epileptic seizures.
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