銀杏Ginkgo biloba為銀杏科銀杏屬落葉喬木，是世界范圍內(nèi)應用最廣泛的天然藥物之一。銀杏含多種活性成分，具有抗氧化、抗凋亡、改善腦血流、神經(jīng)保護、抑制血小板活性等多種藥理作用，用于心腦血管疾病、阿爾茨海默癥、動脈粥樣硬化、癌癥、哮喘、非酒精性脂肪肝、糖尿病并發(fā)癥等疾病的治療。就銀杏藥理作用研究的新進展進行綜述，以期為新藥研發(fā)人員和臨床醫(yī)生提供更多的銀杏藥理資料，進而為新藥研究提供依據(jù)。

Ginkgo biloba L. is one of the most widely used natural medicines. Ginkgo biloba contains a variety of active components. Ginkgo biloba has many pharmacological effects, especially anti-oxidation, anti-apoptosis, improvement of cerebral blood flow, neuroprotection, inhibition of platelet activity and so on. Ginkgo biloba can be used in the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, cancer, asthma, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, diabetes complications, and other diseases. In this review, the recent progress in the research of pharmacology of Ginkgo biloba was reviewed in order to provide more information on the pharmacological action of Ginkgo biloba and the basis for new drug research.