Nootropic vs Vinpocetine - What's the difference?
nootropic | vinpocetine |
(medicine) Any substance purported to increase cognitive abilities.
(pharmacology) A drug that enhances learning and memory and lacks the usual pharmacology of other psychotropic drugs (e.g. sedation, motor stimulation) and possesses very few side effects and extremely low toxicity.
A semisynthetic derivative alkaloid of vincamine, widely marketed as a supplement for vasodilation and as a nootropic for the improvement of memory.