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ReviewPharmacognosy reviews2013

Pharmacological and therapeutic effects of Peganum harmala and its main alkaloids.

Milad Moloudizargari, Peyman Mikaili, Shahin Aghajanshakeri, Mohammad Hossein Asghari, Jalal Shayegh

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Review in Pharmacognosy reviews, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
118citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

118 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 368 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Milad MoloudizargariStudent of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Peyman MikailiDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Shahin AghajanshakeriStudent of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein AsghariStudent of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Jalal ShayeghVeterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran.
Urmia University · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wild Syrian rue (Peganum harmala L. family Zygophyllaceae) is well-known in Iran and various parts of this plant including, its seeds, bark, and root have been used as folk medicine. Recent years of research has demonstrated different pharmacological and therapeutic effects of P. harmala and its active alkaloids, especially harmine and harmaline. Analytical studies on the chemical composition of the plant show that the most important constituents of this plant are beta-carboline alkaloids such as harmalol, harmaline, and harmine. Harmine is the most studied among these naturally occurring alkaloids. In addition to P. harmala (Syrian rue), these beta-carbolines are present in many other plants such as Banisteria caapi and are used for the treatment of different diseases. This article reviews the traditional uses and pharmacological effects of total extract and individual active alkaloids of P. harmala (Syrian rue).

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harmalineHarminepeganum harmalapharmacological effectswild syrian rue

Identifiers

PMID24347928
PMCPMC3841998
OpenAlexW2029867817

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