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Ginkgo Biloba Certified Extract 120 mg

Cognition · Capsule · 365 servings

Label snapshot

What the label says

What the product contains and what one serving costs, according to our catalog. Label amounts are not personal dose recommendations.

Active per serving
Ginkgo biloba 120 mg
Form
Capsule
List price (catalog, USD)
$39.00
Price per serving
$0.11Daily use may exceed one serving. List price divided by servings per container. A per-day cost only if the label serving is once daily.

Reading notes

  • The catalog monthly estimate ($6.41) does not equal list price ÷ servings × 30 ($3.21), so the label's daily use likely differs from one serving.
Full label record: servings, testing, ingredients
Servings per container
365
Catalog monthly estimate
$6.41Daily use may exceed one serving
Testing disclosure
Brand lists third-party testing and a public certificate of analysis (CoA)Status as recorded in the catalog from brand materials; not independently verified by NO1GEVITY.

Ingredients as listed

IngredientAmount per serving
Ginkgo biloba120 mg

What to check on the label

  • The standardisation line for botanicals (for example 'bacosides 45%' or a branded extract name).
  • For mushroom products, whether the label states fruiting body or mycelium and the extract ratio.
  • Multi-ingredient formulas list each amount below. A long list usually means smaller amounts of each.

Amounts are per label serving as recorded in the catalog and are not a recommendation. Testing status reflects what the brand lists. Nothing here is medical advice.

Editorial score and research-dose calculations

These calculations describe our scoring method. They are not a recommended dose or proof of benefit from this product.

5.3/10
Overall score
#13 / 15 in Cognition

Public lab certificate, tested by independent lab, top 18% value.

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Tier 5
Mechanistic / animal / marketing
Only mechanistic studies or marketing claims. No human RCT for this ingredient.
How we scored this product Show the full breakdown
Dose vs. studies (50%) Why 3.0 of 10. Primary ingredient is Ginkgo biloba (evidence grade D). It delivers 120 mg, inside the studied range of 120–240 mg. Read the rule → 3.0
Transparency (20%) Why 8.0 of 10. Earned points for public certificate of analysis and independent third-party testing and all doses disclosed. Read the rule → 8.0
Value (10%) Why 9.8 of 10. One day at the trial dose costs about $0.21. That is one of the cheaper options in the catalog (31 of 313 by cost per effective day). Read the rule → 9.8
Formulation (10%) Why 5.0 of 10. No published absorption advantage or disadvantage on file. The default of 5 is not a criticism. Read the rule → 5.0 Default. No absorption data on file.
Safety (5%) Why 8.5 of 10. Baseline 5.0. Third-party testing adds 2.0. Public lab certificate adds 1.5. NSF, USP or Informed Choice certification adds 1.5. Active safety signal subtracts 3.0. Read the rule → 8.5
Community sentiment (5%) Why 6.0 of 10. No external reviews found, so community sentiment defaults to neutral. Community never counts as clinical evidence. Read the rule → 6.0
Composite How this 5.3 is built. 0.50 × 3.0 + 0.20 × 8.0 + 0.10 × 9.8 + 0.10 × 5.0 + 0.05 × 8.5 + 0.05 × 6.0 = 5.3 out of 10. Safety caps applied after. 5.3
5.3 composite
Dose vs. studies50%3.0
Transparency20%8.0
Value10%9.8
Formulation10%5.0
Safety5%8.5
Community5%6.0

Evidence gates dose: the evidence grade sets the ceiling, and the dose decides how much of that ceiling the product reaches. Value = inverse of price-per-trial-dose-day. Community = mean sentiment of external reviews. Safety caps applied after weighting.

This score is our editorial judgment, not a scientific standard. We combine published evidence, dose, price, transparency, and consumer signals into one composite: this is our method, not a peer-reviewed clinical rating. A higher score means a product does better on the factors we weight, not that it is medically proven to work.

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Editorial verdict

Quick verdict

5.3 / 10
Best for
Full trial dose, Public lab certificate, Budget-friendly
Avoid if
No major red flags
Full-dose status
Meets trial dose
Price/month
$6
COA status
Public
Biggest caveat
Dose-evidence score of 3.0 is below average for the site.
Nearest alternatives
  • No direct alternatives in database.
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Layer 2 · Context
In plain language

Why this scored this way

This Life Extension Ginkgo Biloba Certified Extract 120 mg scores 5.3, making it among the lowest-scoring products we track. It delivers 120mg of Ginkgo biloba, inside the studied range of 120–240mg with grade D evidence (very early-stage, mostly animal models). At $0.21/day it's priced well for what you get.

What drives the score up

  • Tested by independent lab (transparency 8.0).
  • Value score of 9.8 at $0.21/day.

What drags it down

  • Dose-evidence score of 3.0 is below average for the site.
  • Limited consumer feedback (community score: 6.0).

Why you'd choose it

  • You want good value at $0.21/day.
  • You prioritise tested by independent lab products with public lab certificates.

Why you might skip it

  • You want a higher-scoring product (this scores 5.3).
Question 1

Does the molecule work?

The science behind each active ingredient, independent of which brand sells it.

Ginkgo biloba

5+ year trials in 5,900+ older adults: does not prevent dementia.

4 landmark RCTs · US: Dietary supplement · EU: Herbal medicinal product (DE)
Question 2

Is this bottle good?

The specific product: dose, price, transparency, and what buyers report.

Dose vs research
100% of trial dose
Meets or exceeds the published effective dose
Cost at trial dose
$0.21/day at trial dose
What one effective daily dose actually costs
Transparency
8.0/10 · Public lab certificate (quality: not assessed)
Independent batch testing confirmed
Consumer signals
No consumer signals collected yet
Operational signal only, never used as clinical evidence
Question 3

What's the catch?

Safety flags, transparency gaps, dosing concerns, and recurring buyer complaints.

No major red flags
Public lab certificate, tested by independent lab, dose within range
No safety, transparency, or dose concerns detected at this time.
Plain English

What’s inside

The main ingredients of this product, in plain language.

Ginkgo biloba120 mgEvidence D

5+ year trials in 5,900+ older adults: does not prevent dementia.

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Layer 3 · Evidence vault

Product data & verification

Hard numbers and independently checked status. Expand each block for its source.

The numbers

Price
$39
per bottle · 365 servings
Dose vs. research
of trial dose 100%
of published effective dose
$ / day at studied dose
$0.21
what one effective daily dose costs
$ / g active
$0.89
per gram of active substance
Independently checked

Data verification

COA status
Public
Evidence grade
D
Per-ingredient breakdown
DGinkgo biloba

All product data is checked against original sources. Prices, doses, and testing status are updated when product pages change. Evidence grades are reviewed when new human RCTs are published. Read how we verify.

What's inside

Ingredient
Dose in this product
Trial dose
Evidence
Ginkgo biloba
5+ year trials in 5,900+ older adults: does not prevent dementia.
DeKosky et al. 2008 (GEM)Vellas et al. 2012 (GuidAge)Wieland et al. 2026 (Cochrane)
120 mg 50% of trial dose
240 mg

What others say (unverified)

No external reviews aggregated yet for this product.

Layer 3 · Evidence vault

Evidence, claims & regulation

Published evidence, claim checks, regulatory status and what could not be verified.

Evidence

Research behind this product

The studies that established the trial dose and evidence grade for each active ingredient in this product. Click through to read the original paper.

Ginkgo bilobaDeKosky et al. 2008 (GEM)
Ginkgo bilobaVellas et al. 2012 (GuidAge)
Ginkgo bilobaWieland et al. 2026 (Cochrane)
Ginkgo bilobaTan et al. 2015 (meta-analysis)
Important to know
Ginkgo bilobaBleeding risk with warfarin, antiplatelets and NSAIDs. Avoid before surgery. Seeds (not leaf extract) are toxic. Avoid with seizure disorders and efavirenz.

Editorial notes

Standardized to 24% ginkgo flavone glycosides, 6% terpene lactones and less than 1 ppm ginkgolic acid, matching the EGb 761 profile used in GEM and GuidAge. Trial-equivalent dose is 2 capsules daily (240 mg). Listed for completeness: prevention evidence is null. 'Certified Extract' is a product name, not an NSF/USP certification.

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