IT ACTS BY INHIBITION OF PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR WHICH IS A LIKELY FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS AND MULTIPLE INFARCTS LEADING TO CEREBRAL IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA IN THE ELDERLY. IT ALSO IMPROVES THE MICROCIRCULATION BY NORMALISING ARTERIAL AND VENOUS TONE WHICH IS IMPAIRED IN HYPOXIC AREAS, BY ITS EFFECTS ON CETACHOLAMINE RELEASE AND BREKDOWN. VASCULAR DISORDERS ARE ONE OF THE COMMON FACTOR IN BOTH CEREBRAL IMPAIRMENT AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES. GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT THROUGH ITS EFFECTS ON PLATELET AGGREGATION AND CIRCULATION IMPROVES PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION AND TOTAL CEREBRAL PERFUSION LEADING TO ITS CLINICAL EFFICACY IN AMELIORATING SYMPTOMS OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE AND CERABRAL IMPAIRMENT.