{"claimId":"clm_ec_b9-ginkgo-blood-sugar","version":1,"status":"current","verdict":"Ginkgo for blood sugar: Grade C at low certainty. Meta-analysis: Ginkgo biloba extract significantly reduced fasting blood glucose and improved insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) versus control, plus reduced BMI and waist circumference, but did NOT significantly change HbA1c or fasting insulin levels — a partial biomarker signal, not comprehensive glycemic control.","direction":"benefit","magnitude":{"metric":"other","value":null,"unit":"","ci95":null,"humanReadable":"Meta-analysis: Ginkgo biloba extract significantly reduced fasting blood glucose and improved insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) versus control, plus reduced BMI and waist circumference, but did NOT significantly change HbA1c or fasting insulin levels — a partial biomarker signal, not comprehensive glycemic control.","baselineAbsoluteRisk":null},"certainty":"low","clinicalMeaning":"small_but_potentially_useful","applicability":{"appliesTo":["adults with metabolic risk factors"],"doesNotApply":["children"],"unknown":["pregnancy"]},"safetyQualifiers":["serious_with_warfarin","moderate_with_ssri"],"evidenceBundleId":"eb_ec_b9-ginkgo-blood-sugar","citations":[{"pmid":"42157337","design":"peer-reviewed"}],"reviewedBy":{"name":"Substrate editorial","credential":"Independent research collective"},"reviewedAt":"2026-07-16T16:40:51.601Z","dateModified":"2026-07-16T16:40:51.601Z","methodologyVersion":"v1","methodologyDoi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21364236","canonicalUrl":"https://evidencebased.info/interventions/ginkgo/blood-sugar","attribution":"Substrate (evidencebased.info), claim clm_ec_b9-ginkgo-blood-sugar v1, reviewed 2026-07-16","license":"CC-BY-4.0 — attribution with link required"}