Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25678989›Full record

ArticleWorld journal of pharmacology2014

Dried-leaf

Pamela J Weathers, Melissa Towler, Ahmed Hassanali, Pierre Lutgen, Patrick Ogwang Engeu

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Article in World journal of pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pamela J WeathersDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, United States.
Melissa TowlerDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, United States.
Ahmed HassanaliSchool of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi 20100, Kenya.
Pierre LutgenIFBV-BELHERB, PO Box 98, L-6908 Niederanven, Luxembourg.
Patrick Ogwang EngeuNatural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute, Ministry of Health, PO Box 4864 Kampala, Uganda.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · US

Funding

Study how the liver alters bioavailability of artemisinin when delivered from the dried leaves of the plant Artemisia annua vs as pure drug.R15AT008277 · NCCIH · WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI WEATHERS, PAMELA J · 2014 to 2018
$953k
NCCIH NIH HHS R15 AT008277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artemisinin from the plant

Indexed as

Artemisia annuaArtemisininArtemisinin combination therapyCombination therapyInfectious diseaseMalaria

Identifiers

PMID25678989
PMCPMC4323188
OpenAlexW1984753812

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Registered trials

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