Abstract: A process prepares a rapidly disintegrating tablet with a disintegration time of at most 15 minutes for the peroral administration of a dry extract of the leaves of Ginkgo biloba, and with a total weight of the tablet of between 150 mg and 300 mg per 100 mg of ginkgo extract contained. Rapidly disintegrating tablets containing dry extract of the leaves of Ginkgo biloba can be prepared, which, due to their smaller dimensions, are easier to take than the tablets used hitherto. In a preferred form, the tablets do not contain lactose and are therefore also well tolerated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of valerian root extract and lavender oil treating of sleep disorders, as well as to a combination of preparation comprising valerian root extract and lavender oil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved multistep method for the production of an extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves for use as a drug.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plant extract combination of ginkgo and ginseng which is effective especially in a (synergistic) over-additive manner and optionally comprises whitethorn extract. Ginseng is used in the form of an ethanol/ethanol/water extract while ginkgo is used in the form of an acetone/acetone-water extract, for example, and the active extracts are prepared at specific quantitative ratios, particularly <1.1:1, thus unexpectedly boosting the prevention or also the treatment of a decline in the mental capacity related to age or also other disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved multi-step method for preparing an extract from ginkgo biloba having a reduced content of 4?-O-methyl pyridoxine and/or biflavones, wherein the depletion is carried out by filtration over an adsorber resin and/or an ion exchanger and the substances to be removed are retained on the resin. The invention further relates to an extract from ginkgo biloba having a reduced content of 4?-O-methyl pyridoxine and/or biflavones, which is obtainable by the method according to the present invention, as well as to its use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an extract made of leaves of Ginkgo biloba for the production of a preparation, or an extract made of leaves of Ginkgo biloba as an agent for the treatment and prophylaxis of the dementia syndrome, the early stages and pre-stages thereof, wherein 180 to 300 mg of Ginkgo extract is administered once a day.

Abstract: The invention relates to production methods for obtaining dry extracts from Pelargonium sidoides and/or Pelargonium reniforme, extracts which may be obtained according to said method, and pharmaceutical products comprising such extracts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to extracts from the bark of corynanthe species, in particular corynanthe pachyceras as well as to their use for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases of the lower urinary tract, sexual disorders, lipid metabolism disorders, cardiovascular diseases and acute and chronic pain conditions. The present invention further relates to medicaments, dietetic food products and pharmaceutical preparations containing these extracts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of trisubstituted benzopyranones for the treatment or propylaxis of pathological conditions associated with oxidative stress and/or inflammatory reactions as well as to novel trisubstituted benzopyranones and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention further relates to plant extracts, medicaments, dietetic food products and pharmaceutical preparations containing these compounds.