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ArticleCurrent pharmacology reports2015

"Curcumin, the King of Spices": Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms in the Prevention of Cancer, Neurological, and Inflammatory Diseases.

Sarandeep S S Boyanapalli, Ah-Ng. Tony Kong

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Article in Current pharmacology reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
82citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

82 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 185 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarandeep S S BoyanapalliCenter for Cancer Prevention Research, Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest-Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 160 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Ah-Ng. Tony KongCenter for Cancer Prevention Research, Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest-Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 160 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Curcuma Longa: epigenetic effects in prostate and colon cancerR01AT007065 · NCCIH · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI KONG, AH-NG TONY · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT007065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a polyphenolic compound, is a component of

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CancerCurcuminDNA methylationEpigeneticsHistone modificationNrf2

Identifiers

PMID26457241
PMCPMC4596544
OpenAlexW2052622304

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