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Ginkgo Biloba affects microvascular morphology: a prospective optical coherence tomography angiography pilot study     
Yazarlar
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet Cem SABANER Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet Cem SABANER
Türkiye
Mustafa Doğan
Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Salih Samed Altın
Cemil Balaman
Ceyda Yılmaz
Ayşegül Ömür
İrem Zeybek
Müşerref Palaz
Özet
To analyze the vascular morphology changes after consumption of Ginkgo biloba in healthy volunteers by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Sixty healthy volunteers without systemic and ocular disease were included in this prospective pilot study. After receiving the informed consent of the volunteers, Ginkgo biloba extract (120 mg oral capsule) was administered to sixty volunteers for 4 weeks, once a day in the morning. The main outcome measures were the difference between before and after four-week of consumption in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and subfoveal choroidal thickness (sfCT) with optical coherence tomography; whole, foveal, parafoveal and perifoveal regions' superior and deep macular vascular plexus vessel density, foveal avascular zone area (FAZ), FAZ perimeter (PERIM), vessel density in a 300 µm wide region around FAZ (FD-300), choroidal and outer retinal flow area, radial peripapillary capillary (RPC) vascular density of whole, inside the disc, peripapillary and four quadrants with OCTA. The study group consisted of sixty eyes of 32 women and 28 men with a mean age of 20.57 ± 1.16 years. In post-consumption measurements, peripapillary and superior, inferior, temporal quadrant RPC vascular density (%) was statistically significantly higher than pre-consumption measurements (p 0.020, p 0.021, p 0.008 and p 0.014, respectively). No significant difference was observed for BCVA, sfCT, other macular or RPC vascular density and flow area OCTA parameters between measurements. Four-week consumption of Ginkgo biloba leads to vascular morphological changes in RPC. Further clinical studies are needed to demonstrate its use and effects/benefits in glaucoma, optic neuropathy and other diseases affecting the optic nerve.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ginkgo biloba | Microvascular morphology | OCTA | Optic nerve head | RPC
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
Dergi ISSN 0165-5701
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q3
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 03-2021
Cilt No 41
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 1053 / 1061
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s10792-020-01663-3
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10792-020-01663-3