Ginkgo Nuts  

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Ginkgo nuts

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Ginkgo biloba: a comprehensive overview 

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 about an amazing nut

      

  Fresh Ginkgo nuts are a valuable source of vitamins and minerals, and are being widely used in Asian cooking and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). They contain biologically active compounds that can improve health and well-being.

Ginkgo nuts are the seeds of Ginkgo biloba L., the   maidenhair tree, which is unique in terms of biology, evolutionary history, and veneration as a sacred tree in parts of south-east Asia.

In TCM, Ginkgo nuts are used to to treat maladies affecting the lung, such as cough and asthma. They are known to contain pharmaceutically active metabolites that can inhibit growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, Staphylococcus bacteria, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and act against paratyphoid fever and E coli strains causing colisepticaemia. The Ginkgo nut and the hard and soft parts of its coat may also be a useful source for compounds with activities against some cancers.

In addition to their various pharmacologically activities, the nuts are a rich source of amino acids (containing ~ 6% protein in fresh nuts), fatty acids, sugars, and vitamins. However, care should be taken to remove all parts of the seed coat and cook the nuts thoroughly before eating, to prevent adverse effects that may occur in some people.

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